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This book collects seven representative short stories and short stories by Thomas Hardy, a master of British literature. In addition to being world-famous for his novels such as "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" and "Jude the Obscure", the author has also created several collections of short stories and short stories, which complement each other. Readers can enter the world of Hardy's wonderful novels more comprehensively and deeply, and fully appreciate his extraordinary artistic style. These works can be called a feast of love stories, a mirror of love and marriage, expressing the soul-stirring and unforgettable feelings of men and women. Selected works such as "Alicia's Diary" and "The Milkmaid's Romantic Adventures" deeply touch the hearts of readers, and some are even very shocking, giving people unique thinking and inspiration. The translator has comprehensively revised the translation of this edition, hoping to provide readers with a more perfect reading enjoyment.

Clem Yeobright was tired of life in the luxurious capital of Paris and returned to his hometown of Egdon Heath, hoping to realize his ideals by educating the villagers. Eustacia hopes to escape from the wasteland and go to the city through her union with Climb. After her ideals were shattered, Eustacia and her lover Wade eloped on a rainy night and both died in the water. Thomasin is Clem's cousin, and the red clay dealer Wayne has always been in love with her. After Wade's death, Wayne continued to take care of Thomasin and her children as a widow, and the two became partners. After experiencing tragedy, Clem stayed in the wilderness and became a missionary.

"The Mayor of Casterbridge" is one of Hardy's masterpieces. This is his only novel not set in a rural setting. Henchard, an unemployed haymaker, sold his wife and daughter after being drunk. He woke up regretful and became angry. He became a grain merchant and a mayor. His wife returned with her daughter, but he soon had a quarrel with his partner. His wife died. The scandal of selling his wife was exposed. His career failed. His daughter was taken away by her biological father. He died alone in a hut in the wilderness. The author uses the story's various mishaps and dramatic conflicts to express the sentiment that "character is destiny" and "happiness is just an accidental episode." Among Hardy's fourteen novels, "The Mayor of Casterbridge" not only embodies Hardy's consistent creative style, but also creates unique artistic features, which also shows the essential difference between a great artist and a mediocre prolific writer. As for the content of this novel, it still has vivid significance today, both in terms of history and current social cognition.

"Tess" is one of Hardy's important masterpieces. The novel takes the experiences of the heroine Tess as the main line, describing the conflict between the beautiful poetic image and the surrounding gloomy reality. It vividly describes the disintegration of the small-scale peasant economy after capitalism invaded the British countryside at the end of the 19th century and the painful process of individual farmers heading towards poverty and bankruptcy. Through the description of the double persecution suffered by a pure woman both mentally and physically, it reveals the rich and profound spiritual world of a woman, and boldly and ruthlessly exposes and accuses the laws, religion, ethics, marriage system and the essence of capitalism in capitalist society.

The novel narrates the tragedy of the life of rural young Jude in a tragic tone. Jude was studious, thoughtful and diligent in self-study, but he was always rejected from the university. The heroine Shu is smart and beautiful, and more importantly, has an independent personality and thoughts, and despises secularity and rigid religion. However, her love with Jude is not tolerated by the church and despised by the world. Jude's ambition was unrewarded, he had no way to find a job, and he had no way to borrow money. In despair, his eldest son hanged together with his weak sister and younger brother. Shu suffered this tragic change and finally succumbed to fate and the church. She left her beloved Jude, and her free thoughts and independent personality were destroyed. Jude, on the other hand, indulged in drinking all day long, became depressed and became ill, and died of resentment before he reached thirty.

Hardy's poems are cold, profound, delicate, beautiful, concise and concise, unique in style, and more modern than his novels. The themes of his poems began to face more social reality and more comprehensively reflected the mental state of the Victorian social change period. This book selects more than 150 poems by the British writer and poet Thomas Hardy and translates them one by one to show Hardy's poetic creation achievements and superb poetic skills, comment on his poetic spirit and life attitude, and help readers understand that Hardy's poems are the poems that best reflect the essential characteristics of English. Hardy is the founder and defender of essential factors in British poetry, and his poetic concepts and works represented the mainstream of English poetry at that time.

Tess, a declining aristocratic girl, is pure and kind. Unexpectedly, she was raped by Eric, a young man from a wealthy family, and her life changed drastically from then on. Tess regained her strength and met a new love in the dairy farm, but was abandoned by her lover Angel because of her bad past. Tucked by fate, the desperate Tess finally ended her short life in a tragic way.