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Hello readers and writers! 

Ready for this week's discussion? 

Let's dive into English writer and poet, Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928). One of his many novels is Hardy's novel The Major of Casterbridge, a tragedy about Michael Henchard with psychological mind games and dramatic plot tones. 

With his well-known, Far from the Maddening Crowd focuses on young, headstrong Bathsheba Everdene is romantically involved with three different men and the troubles that come with it. He also wrote poetry dating from 1860s. 

Our discussion question for this week:

Which of his novels parallels well with one or more of his poems? In tone? Mood? And what narratives, would you think Thomas Hardy would've tried? Journal Articles? A diary? A new narrative that expands from his previous novels? 

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Thomas Hardy | Biography, Books, Poems, & Facts