Themes
- The Implicit Theme in the Works of Thomas Hardy
- The Novels of Thomas Hardy: An Introduction
- Tess of the Derbyfield — Good Woman or Noble Dame?
Characterization
- "'Cruel Persuasion'" Seduction, Temptation, and Agency in Hardy's Tess
- What Victorian Agricultural Workers and Other Countrymen Wore
Plot and Structure
- Tess of the d'Urbervilles compared with King Lear
- The Weekly Parts of Tess of the D'Urbervilles in the London Graphic
Genre, mode, and style
- Thomas Hardy, Tess, and Melodrama
- Conflict in Victorian Verse and Prose: Hardy and Others
- The Victorian Sensation Novel, 1860-1880 — "preaching to the nerves instead of the judgment"
Gender matters
- The Power of "No" for Hardy's Heroines
- Mrs. Agatha Thornycroft — A Visual Inspiration for Hardy's Tess
Bibliography
Chronological and Geographical Setting: Hardy's Wessex
- An Introduction to Hardy's Novels: Physical Setting
- An Introduction to Hardy's Novels: Chronological Setting
- Cottage in Marnhull village, Dorset
- Stonehege on the Salisbury Plain
- Blackmoor Vale
- The River Froom
- Woolbridge House (the original of Wellbridge House)
- Bramhurst Court
- Map of the Wessex of the Novels and Poems
Hardy and His Illustrators: Herkomer, Wehrschmidt, Johnson, and Syddall
- Six Illustrations by Hubert Von Herkomer
- Eight Illustrations by Daniel A. Wehrschmidt
- Eight Illustrations by E. Borough Johnson
- Three Illustrations by Joseph Syddall Table of Illustrations
- The Graphic
Adaptations
- Thomas Hardy, Tess, and Melodrama
- Bollywood’s Long Love Affair with Thomas Hardy’s Novels: Adaptations and Cultural Appropriations
Related Resources
- The Thomas Hardy Association (This site has moved from Germany to Scotland)
- Eugene Birchall's website dedicated to photographing Thomas Hardy's 'Wessex'"
- Discussions of individual poems on Bill Morgan's Illinois State University site. (Beginning in February 1998, members of the Thomas Hardy Association have discussed one poem per month.)
- Mitsuharu Matsuoka's Hyper-Concordance allows word searches the complete texts of eighteen of Hardy's works
- Text of the novel at Project Gutenberg
Last modified 27 May 2023