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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Upcoming events
The Hardys at Eton
The Hardys at Eton
On 10/05/2019
Starts 14:30 until 15:30
A London Walk and Westminster Abbey Wreath Laying
A London Walk and Westminster Abbey Wreath Laying
On 18/05/2019
Starts 10:00 until 17:00
Unveililng of New Hardy Memorial Stone
Unveililng of New Hardy Memorial Stone
On 18/05/2019
Starts 15:15
Mellstock Poems Walk 
Mellstock Poems Walk 
On 01/06/2019
Starts 10:30 until 13:00
Latest news
Cambridge Critical Edition of Thomas Hardy's Work
Cambridge Critical Edition of Thomas Hardy's Work
Apr2019
Safeguarding Hardy's Heritage
Safeguarding Hardy's Heritage
Mar2019
Exhibition Concept Developer - Thomas Hardy, Wessex Museums Partnership
Exhibition Concept Developer - Thomas Hardy, Wessex Museums Partnership
Feb2019
Journal Cover Design Competition
Journal Cover Design Competition
Feb2019

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