Beyond Egdon Dorset - Thomas Hardy Country

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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The Influence of Art Upon Thomas Hardy
The Influence of Art Upon Thomas Hardy
On 20/07/2019
Starts 14:00 until 15:30
'Love, praise, indifference, blame'
'Love, praise, indifference, blame'
On 25/07/2019
Starts 19:30 until 21:00
A Hardy Larkin Weekend
A Hardy Larkin Weekend
From 09/08/2019 until 11/08/2019
Starts 19:00 until 15:00
Thomas Hardy and Art
Thomas Hardy and Art
On 26/09/2019
Starts 19:30 until 21:00
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Hardy and Heritage: Digitising Letters to Thomas Hardy
Hardy and Heritage: Digitising Letters to Thomas Hardy
Jun2019
Thomas Hardy Poetry Workshops in Schools
Thomas Hardy Poetry Workshops in Schools
May2019
Unveiling the new Hardy Memorial Stone at Westminster Abbey
Unveiling the new Hardy Memorial Stone at Westminster Abbey
May2019
Hardy and the Classroom
Hardy and the Classroom
May2019

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