Thomas Hardy
Список книг автора Thomas HardyThe Three Strangers and Other Stories
A level 3 Oxford Bookworms Library graded readers. Retold for Learners of English by Clare West. On a stormy winter night, a stranger knocks at the door of a shepherd’s cottage. He is cold and hungry, and wants to get out of the rain. He is welcomed inside, but he does not give his name or his business. Who is he, and where has he come from? And he is only the first visitor to call at the cottage that night… In these three short stories, Thomas Hardy gives us pictures of the lives of shepherds and hangmen, dukes and teachers. But rich or poor, young or old, they all have the same feelings of fear, hope, love, jealousy…
The Withered Arm
A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded readers. Retold for Learners of English by Jennifer Bassett. A woman and a man… words of love whispered on a summer night. Later, there is a child, but no wedding-ring. And then the man leaves the first woman, finds a younger woman, marries her… It's an old story. Yes, it's an old, old story. It happens all the time – today, tomorrow, a hundred years ago. People don't change. But this story, set among the green hills of southern England, has something different about it. Perhaps it is only a dream, or perhaps it is magic – a kind of strange dark magic that begins in the world of dreams and phantoms…
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
A level 6 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Clare West. A pretty young girl has to leave home to make money for her family. She is clever and a good worker; but she is uneducated and does not know the cruel ways of the world. So, when a rich young man says he loves her, she is careful – but not careful enough. He is persuasive, and she is overwhelmed. It is not her fault, but the world says it is. Her young life is already stained by men's desires, and by death.
Far from the Madding Crowd
A level 5 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Clare West. Bathsheba Everdene is young, proud, and beautiful. She is an independent woman and can marry any man she chooses – if she chooses. In fact, she likes her independence, and she likes fighting her own battles in a man’s world. But it is never wise to ignore the power of love. There are three men who would very much like to marry Bathsheba. When she falls in love with one of them, she soon wishes she had kept her independence. She learns that love brings misery, pain, and violent passions that can destroy lives…
Eemal hullutavast ilmakärast
Inglise kirjaniku Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) loomingu paremiku moodustavad nn Wessexi-romaanid, mille taustaks on tema sünnikoht Dorset Lõuna-Inglismaal ning mille hulka kuulub ka kirjaniku kõige helgem romaan “Eemal hullutavast ilmakärast”. See on lugu kaunist ja südikast, kuid põikpäisest ja tujukast Bathsheba Everdene’ist ja kolmest olulisest mehest tema elus. Teoses kirjeldatud pealtnäha idüllilises maakohas pole puudu täitumatutest unistustest, murtud tõotustest ja hingelisest vägivallast. Lugeja ees avaneb kogu Victoria-aegse Lõuna-Inglismaa elu selle tavade, uskumuste, ebausu, ennustamiste ja valentinipäeva kaartidele tähtsuse omistamisega, mida Thomas Hardy on kirjeldanud humoorikalt ja leebe irooniaga.