The complete online text of Under the Greenwood Tree, or, the Mellstock quire; a rural painting of the Dutch school by Thomas Hardy.

The works of the English novelist, poet, and dramatist Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) unite the Victorian and modern eras. They reveal him to be a kind and gentle man, terribly aware of the pain human beings suffer in their struggle for life. Thomas Hardy pres...

In the later years of his long life, Thomas Hardy was probably the most famous English man of letters of his time, his reputation extending throughout the world. He is now generally regarded as both a major late-Victorian novelist and a major twentieth-c...

In the later years of his long life, Thomas Hardy was probably the most famous English man of letters of his time, his reputation extending throughout the world. He is now generally regarded as both a major late-Victorian novelist and a major twentieth-c...

As You Like It Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon The beguiling charm of Rosalind and her love-games as 'Ganymede' with the earthy Orlando, the melancholy of Jaques with his litany of man's Seven Ages . . . it's all so familiar, so unfailing in its...

One question, above all others, seemed to perplex the gathering. Out loud, and on sheets of paper stuck to the walls of the hall, people kept asking: "Who are we?" The superficial answer was that they were all enthusiasts for working with green wood,...