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 Old Neighbour and the New - A Hardy and Barnes Walk
The Old Neighbour and the New - A Hardy and Barnes Walk
On 11/10/2020
Starts 10:00
Hardy Today
Hardy Today
On 13/10/2020
Starts 12:30
The Trumpet-Major THS Study Day 2020
The Trumpet-Major THS Study Day 2020
On 24/10/2020
Starts 09:15
Stinsford and North Dorchester Walk
Stinsford and North Dorchester Walk
On 25/10/2020
Starts 10:30
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Thomas Hardy Poetry Group Goes Online
Thomas Hardy Poetry Group Goes Online
Jun2020
The Thomas Hardy Birthday Weekend
The Thomas Hardy Birthday Weekend
Jun2020
Revised THS Programme 2020
Revised THS Programme 2020
Apr2020
Save Our Dorchester, Save Your County Town!
Save Our Dorchester, Save Your County Town!
Apr2020

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