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
[POSTPONED] The Trumpet-Major Study Day
[POSTPONED] The Trumpet-Major Study Day
On 04/04/2020
Starts 10:00 until 17:00
Palm Sunday THS & STAND Walk
Palm Sunday THS & STAND Walk
On 05/04/2020
Starts 10:30
[CANCELLED] Darkest Wessex: Hardy and the Gothic Short Story
[CANCELLED] Darkest Wessex: Hardy and the Gothic Short Story
On 07/04/2020
Starts 19:30 until 21:00
Thomas Hardy Birthday Weekend Walk
Thomas Hardy Birthday Weekend Walk
On 06/06/2020
Starts 10:30
Latest news
Solar Park Threatens Hardy Country
Solar Park Threatens Hardy Country
Feb2020
Stephen Poulter - An Obituary
Stephen Poulter - An Obituary
Feb2020
Hardy's Wessex Once Again Under Threat!
Hardy's Wessex Once Again Under Threat!
Feb2020
Reading the Signs by Jim Potts
Reading the Signs by Jim Potts
Feb2020

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