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The Bleak Landscape of...

Thomas Hardy's novels were heavily influenced by the landscape in which he lived. Though his first novel was largely ignored, later novels made him famous in his own time. His final novel, "Jude the Obscure" scandalized Victorian society and ended his career as a novelist.

-	Tess of the D'Urbervilles Summary
-	Jude the Obscure Summary
-	Far From the Madding Crowd Summary

Victorian 'Zines

People have been reading magazines for centuries, and the Victorians were no exception. Many famous authors of the period were first published in periodicals such as "Punch," which featured both literature and political satire. Find out more!

Listening to Literature

If thou must love me, let it be for naught / Except for love's sake only. Do not say, / 'I love her for her smile - her look - her way / Of speaking gently, - for a trick of thought / That falls in well with mine, and certes brought / A sense of pleasant ease on such a day' - / For these things in themselves, Beloved, may / Be changed, or change for thee - and love, so wrought, / May be unwrought so. Neither love me for / Thine own dear pity's wiping my cheeks dry: / A creature might forget to weep, who bore / Thy comfort long, and lose thy love thereby! / But love me for love's sake, that evermore / Thou mayst love on, through love's eternity. (Audio and text taken from Hutchinson Encyclopedia © Research Machines, plc 2005.)...Listen to an excerpt now!

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Ben Jonson was buried upright in Westminster Abbey in London! Find out why...