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Brief Introduction Major Works Feature of novels Life Thomas Hardy was born in Upper?Bockhampton, England in 1840. At the age of 16, he became apprenticed to a local architect, but he gave up architecture in 1874. Because of marriage, he began to write poems and novels, which idealized the rural life. Tess(1891) and Jude(1896) shocked British pruderies and Hardy was terribly abused for being “filthy”. Hardy announced in 1896 that Jude was his last novel, and turned with relief to the writing of poetry. Hardy’s final years were full of honors. He died in 1928. Hardy’s two wives In 1870, while on an architectural mission to restore the parish church in Cornwall, Hardy met and fell in love with Emma Lavinia Gifford, whom he married in 1874. Although he later became estranged from his wife, who died in 1912, her death had a traumatic effect on him. In 1914, Hardy married his secretary Florence Emily Dugdale, who was 39 years his junior. However, he remained preoccupied with his first wifes death and tried to overcome his remorse by writing poetry Major Works The 1st period: romantic and pastoral Masterpieces: Under the Green Tree(1872) Far from the Madding Crowd(1874) The 2nd period: social tragedy of Wessex Masterpieces: The Return of the Native (1878) The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886) The 3rd period: pessimistic fate of the villagers in Wessex Masterpieces: Tess of the D‘Urbervilles(1891) Jude the Obscure (1896) Tess of The D’Urbervilles 《德伯家的苔丝》 《德伯家的苔丝》讲述的是一个纯洁质朴、聪明美丽的农村姑娘被逼得走头无路，终于杀人的故事。小说一开始，苔丝替她父亲赶马车去城里送货，黑夜里她的马车与邮车相撞，把家里的老马弄死了。苔丝闯了大祸，出于一种赎罪心理，来到杜伯维尔家去做工，以贴补家用。杜伯维尔家少爷阿列克在林中将她奸污。苔丝失贞以后，选择离开阿列克，回到家生下了孩子。孩子病死后，她去一家牛奶场做工认识了安琪儿·克莱尔，并与他相爱。新婚之夜，安琪儿了解到苔丝的失贞，便离她而去，远走巴西，苔丝转到另一个农场做工。父亲死后，房东将她家住的房子收回。为了不让家人流落街头，苔丝被迫又回到阿列克身边。安琪儿后来悔悟，突然回来找她，苔丝心情十分痛苦，用刀子将阿列克杀死。小说结束时，苔丝作为杀人犯被处以绞刑 1.S