Richard D. Altick's Victorian People and Ideas (1973) describes the social structure of Victorian England, with chapters on technological change, social structure, art, and religion.
Hardy's novel Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) is a love story set in rural England and marks his first real literary success.
The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Hardy, edited by Dale Kramer and released in 2001 by Cambridge University Press, collects critical essays on Hardy by prominent scholars.
Sally Mitchell's Daily Life in Victorian England (1996) provides a thorough overview of what.....
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