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
Christmas in the Courtroom
Christmas in the Courtroom
On 13/12/2019
Starts 19:30 until 20:30
West Gallery Carol Concert
West Gallery Carol Concert
On 20/12/2019
Starts 19:30 until 20:30
Going the Rounds 2019
Going the Rounds 2019
On 21/12/2019
Starts 18:00
When I set out for Lyonnesse
When I set out for Lyonnesse
From 06/03/2020 until 08/03/2020
Starts 10:30 until 16:00
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Inspired by Thomas Hardy - Students' Poetry Workshops
Inspired by Thomas Hardy - Students' Poetry Workshops
Dec2019
THS Patrick Tolfree Student Essay Competition 2020
THS Patrick Tolfree Student Essay Competition 2020
Nov2019
New Publications: Objects in Hardy and Conrad
New Publications: Objects in Hardy and Conrad
Nov2019
One hundred letters sent to Thomas Hardy made public for the first time
One hundred letters sent to Thomas Hardy made public for the first time
Nov2019

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