Tess of the d’Urbervilles Questions and Answers 10/15 1. Q. Discuss the themes presented in the novel Tess of the d’Urbervilles of Thomas Hardy. Or, Q. How do nature and fate play a role in this novel?[Tess of the d’Urbervilles Questions and Answers 10/15] There are many inherent themes in Hardy’s novel Tess of … Read more
Tess of the d’Urbervilles summary By Thomas Hardy An Introductory Note:[Tess of the d’Urbervilles summary] Tess of the d’Urbervilles, novel by Thomas Hardy, first published serially in bowdlerized form in the Graphic (July—December 1891) and in its entirety in book form (three volumes) the same year. It was subtitled A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented because … Read more
Life and Literature of Thomas Hardy[Thomas Hardy Biography] Thomas Hardy was born June 2, 1840, in the village of Upper Bockhampton, about three miles from the town of Dorchester in Southwestern England. The impressions of his early youth – the people, the events, the surrounding countryside – became part of the subject matter of … Read more
Charles Dickens Biography Life and Literature of Charles Dickens[Charles Dickens Biography] Charles Dickens (Charles John Huffam Dickens) was born in Landport, Portsmouth, on February 7, 1812. Charles was the second of eight children to John Dickens (1786–1851), a clerk in the Navy Pay Office, and his wife Elizabeth Dickens (1789–1863). The Dickens family moved to … Read more
Hard Times Summary by Charles Dickens An Introductory Note:[Hard Times Summary ] – Hard Times – For These Times (commonly known as Hard Times) is the tenth novel by Charles Dickens, first published in 1854. The book surveys English society and satirizes the social and economic conditions of the era. Hard Times is unusual in … Read more
Hard Times Novel Questions and Answers Marks 2 1. When was Hard Times published? Where?[Hard Times Novel] Published in serial installments in Dickens’s magazine Household Words between April 1 and August 12, 1854. 2. ‘Now, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but facts. Facts alone are wanted in life.’ … Read more
