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Beyond Egdon Dorset
Hardy’s fictional territory is the outward extension of a very narrow landscape centred on his birthplace at Higher Bockhampton. Beyond Egdon lies a fertile landscape nourished by the waters of the Frome (The Valley of the Great Dairies) and the Piddle (Weatherbury, Longpuddle, Kingsbere and Millpond St Jude). This is Hardy’s childhood stamping ground and the countryside of his core fiction including Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Far from the Madding Crowd, The Woodlanders and The Mayor of Casterbridge, as well as the short stories ‘The Waiting Supper’, ‘The Three Strangers’ and ‘A Few Crusted Characters’.
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Tess of the d'Urbervilles - Annual THS Study Day 2021
On 10/04/2021
Starts 10:00 until 17:00
Starts 10:00 until 17:00
The Mayor of Casterbridge Dorchester Walk
On 05/06/2021
Starts 10:30 until 15:00
Starts 10:30 until 15:00
Thomas Hardy Birthday Weekend - June 2021
From 05/06/2021 until 06/06/2021
Starts 10:30 until 11:30
Starts 10:30 until 11:30
Thomas Hardy - Natural Bookworm by Dr Jonathan Memel
On 05/06/2021
Starts 15:30 until 16:30
Starts 15:30 until 16:30
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