A Pair of Blue Eyes (New) [Paperback] Although it shocked and stimulated Victorian readers, the loving nature of the heroine pervades this novel. 305 pages, Wordsworth Editions, 1995.

Far from the Madding Crowd (New) [Paperback] Set in Wessex countryside, this is a story of a young farmer Gabriel Oak and his love for and pursuit of Bathsheba Everdene. 332 pages, The Samphire Press, 2012.

Jude the Obscure (New) [Paperback] Jude Fawley is a rural stone mason with intellectual aspirations. He is frustrated by poverty and the indifference of academic institutions. 376 pages, Wordsworth Editions, 1993-2000.

Life's Little Ironies (New) [Paperback] Tenderly re-create a vanishing rural world and scrutinise the repressions of fin-de-siecle bourgeois life. 184 pages, Wordsworth Editions, 1995-2002.

Tess of the D'Urbervilles (New) [Paperback] Tells of Tess Durbeyfield, the daughter of a poor villager, who learns that she may be descended from the ancient family of d'Urberville. 544 pages, BBC Books, London, 2008.

Tess of the D'Urbervilles (New) [Paperback] Tells of Tess Durbeyfield, the daughter of a poor villager, who learns that she may be descended from the ancient family of d'Urbeville. 384 pages, Wordsworth Editions, Ware, 1992.

The Collected Poems of Thomas Hardy (New) [Paperback] Comprises a collection of the poetic works of Thomas Hardy. 908 pages, Wordsworth Editions, Ware, 1994.

The Darkling Thrush: And Other Poems by Thomas Hardy [Hardback] Selection of Hardy's poems illustrated with many of the finest of Gordon Beningfield's pictures. 125 pages, Viking-Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1985.

The Mayor of Casterbridge (New) [Paperback] Set in the heart of the Wessex and charts the rise and downfall of a single 'man of character'. 170 pages, Wordsworth Editions, 1994-2001.

The Well-beloved (New) [Paperback] Jocelyn Pierston tries to create an image of his ideal woman in stone and tries to find her in the flesh. 328 pages, Wordsworth Editions, 2000.

The Woodlanders (New) [Paperback] Educated beyond her station, Grace Melbury returns to her woodland village and cannot marry her intended. 316 pages, Wordsworth Editions, Ware, 1996-2004.

Under the Greenwood Tree (New) [Paperback] A portrayal of a picturesque rural society, tinged with gentle humour and irony. 157 pages, Wordsworth Editions, 1994.

Wessex Tales (New) [Paperback] The first collection of Hardy's short stories. 196 pages, Wordsworth Editions, Ware, 1995-1999.

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