Before he was famous for Tess of the D’Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy was an architect with a desire to write and an unknown novel.…

First published anonymously in 1874, Far from the Madding Crowd soon skyrocketed Thomas Hardy to literary fame. The novel follows Bathsheba Everdene and her three suitors: shepherd Gabriel Oak, introverted farmer William Boldwood, and rakish young soldier Sergeant Francis Troy. Not only does each suitor somehow upset Bathsheba’s life, but their effects are also felt in her Wessex countryside community.

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This is the story of a young country workman obsessed by his ambition to become an Oxford student, interwoven with his fraught relationships with two women.

An adaptation of the classic story of Michael Henchard who rises above his poor and humble beginnings to become a successful businessman. But then, an awful secret from his past catches up with him and Henchard must pay the price. Cambridge Discovery Readers is an exciting series of original fiction, adapted fiction and factbooks especially written for teenagers. Original illustrations guide students through the story while activities throughout the book consolidate new vocabulary and encourage independent learning. The accompanying website with lesson plans and worksheets for every title, sample chapters and audio clips, provides extra support for both teachers and students. This paperback is in British English. It is also available with Audio CD/CD-ROM that contains vocabulary games and a complete audio recording.

Bathsheba Everdene è una donna appassionata, libera, affascinante, che eredita una fattoria nella campagna inglese di metà Ottocento e fa innamorare di sé tre uomini diversi per carattere ed estrazione sociale - il pastore Gabriel Oak, il fattore William Boldwood, il soldato Francis Troy sconvolgendo gli equilibri dell'intera comunità. Attraverso le contrastate vicende di Bathsheba, Hardy indaga i desideri, le fragilità, i conflitti nascosti dietro l'apparente immutabilità di un paesaggio millenario. Perché, come osserva Sara Antonelli nell'introduzione, 'cosa c'è di sobrio e placido nella vita dei personaggi che abitano questo romanzo? Quasi nulla, giacché si accendono di passioni e si infiammano come gli esseri frenetici che si urtano tra le strade di una metropoli'. Una storia d'amore e di riscatto, il primo grande successo letterario di Thomas Hardy in una nuova traduzione dell'edizione definitiva voluta dall'autore.

Hardy è un meraviglioso creatore di figure femminili, e Batsceba, la protagonista di 'Via dalla pazza folla', è la prima e la più incantevole di esse. Irrequieta e indipendente, intelligente e svagata al tempo stesso, crede di raggiungere una completa autonomia quando eredita un magnifico podere e un'antica casa signorile. Ma la bella forestiera finisce col trovarsi contesa fra tre pretendenti: lo sfortunato, ma forte e sereno Oak, suo lavorante e fattore; il ricco fittavolo Boldwood, grave e austero; lo spregiudicato sergente Troy. È quest'ultimo ad avere la meglio sulle prime, ma alla fine sarà Oak con la sua cieca e malcompresa devozione a salvare le sorti della padrona e del piccolo mondo bucolico di Watherbury dai rovesci della sorte. Affascinante ballata rurale e primo grande romanzo di Hardy, 'Via dalla pazza folla' (1874) è insieme il punto di passaggio fra la maniera idillica degli esordi e la visione tragica della maturità.

Giles Winterbowne suffers with the many tribulations of his selfless love for a woman above his station in this classic tale of the West country.

Tells the story of Bathsheba Everdene, who must choose among three suitors in Wessex in the 1840s.

Michael Henchard knew he deserved the pain he felt.

'I cannot allow any man to - to criticise my private conduct!'

Following a series of misfortunes, Tess Durbeyfield leaves her impoverished family to seek work with her rich relations.

Details the story of Jude Fawley, a poor stonemason who longs to be a minister, and how the brutal deaths of his children and his inability to please the two women in his life hinder his dreams and threaten his existence.

The Return of the Native was a radical departure for Thomas Hardy, ushering in his tragic literary vision of the world. Though set in a small space (Egdon Heath in the fictional county of Wessex) and short time (a year and a day), the novel addresses the broad social and intellectual upheavals of the Victorian age. Much of this turmoil is embodied in the character of Eustacia Vye, the novel's wild and wilful female protagonist. A complex, independent young woman, Eustacia is a sympathetic but ultimately tragic figure, the epitome of what the narrator calls the 'irrepressible New.'The appendices to this Broadview edition place the novel in the context of Hardy's career and the scientific and social ideas of the time; documents include contemporary reviews, related writings by Hardy, and materials on biology, geology, and the 'Woman Question.' Illustrations from the original serialization in Belgravia magazine are also included.

Hardy sosteneva che un bravo scrittore dovesse saper rendere grandiosa la vicenda di un essere umano qualunque. A dimostrazione della sua teoria, questi due magistrali racconti fanno di un nonnulla la struggente avventura di una vita. Affascinanti microcosmi narrativi ambientati nell'immaginario Wessex, hanno tutta l'aria di essere canovacci d'intreccio per lo sviluppo di più estesi romanzi, tra paesaggi rurali, tradizioni campestri, e personaggi annichiliti di fronte agli scherzi di un destino ostile e crudele.

Una ragazza tenace e sfortunata, figlia della povertà dei campi, vittima dell'uomo e dell'età industriale: è Tess dei d'Urberville, protagonista di uno dei capolavori del romanzo vittoriano. La tranquilla contea inglese del Wessex, antica denominazione anglosassone del Dorset, è teatro di sordide vicende e di soprusi: l'ingenua Tess, ultima rappresentante di una nobile famiglia decaduta, viene sedotta e abbandonata in giovane età, costretta a seppellire un figlio nato malato, battezzato da lei stessa con il significativo nome di Dolore. Condannata come 'donna perduta' dall'opinione comune, non si arrende alla propria condizione: cerca il riscatto attraverso il lavoro e il matrimonio con Angel Clare, figlio di un pastore evangelico, turbato dal passato tormentato della moglie. In un crescendo di vicende drammatiche, Tess troverà riposo solo all'ombra dell'antico tempio pagano di Stonehenge, come una vera vittima sacrificale dei tempi moderni. Introduzione di Pietro Citati.

Selected Short Stories: Thomas Hardy was born in 1840 near Dorchester in that part of England he called Wessex. With stories sometimes from his own imagination and sometimes from local tradition, Hardy's work, like Dickens and Trollope, creates a strong sense of mood and location. Hardy hoped to be remembered for his poetry, but ours is not a poetic age. Thus his claim to a new generation of listeners rests on his prose. There are great similarities between his era, a time of challenge, and our own. This collection of short stories shows Hardy at his best and includes: 'The Three Strangers,' 'The Withered Arm,' 'The Fiddler of the Reels,' 'Barbara of the House of Grebe' and 'The Distracted Preacher.'

Details the story of Jude Fawley, a poor stonemason who longs to be a minister, and how the brutal deaths of his children and his inability to please the two women in his life hinder his dreams and threaten his existence.

From the master of Victorian tragedy, the surprisingly comic adventures of a man caught between romance and religion.
 
When young Mr. Stockdale arrives in a small village to fill in for the Methodist minister, he finds himself pining for his comely new landlady. But she leads a mysterious life, keeping odd hours and speaking in hushed tones. As his love for her grows, he's soon at the center of a hilarious high-stakes adventure, complete with slapstick, hijinks, and a marauding band of cross-dressers. And he's forced to choose: follow his heart or his higher purpose?

Provides a narrative history of psychology.

 

A History of Psychology: From Antiquity to Modernity begins tracking psychology from the development of folk psychology as the key adaptation of humans at the dawn of history. It then traces the Classical, medieval, and early modern periods to present day psychology. The text covers scientific, applied, and professional psychology.

 

Although theoretical and empirical arguments inside psychology about the nature of mind and behavior are not neglected, A History of Psychology shows how psychology's development has been shaped by social, economic, and political forces external to it, and, in turn, how the mature psychology of the late 20^th century has begun to shape the society in which it arose. The text carefully examines how issues in psychology reflect and affect concepts that lie outside the technical concerns of psychology as a science and profession. 

 

 

Learning Goals

Upon completing this text, readers will be able to:

• Know the events in the history of scientific, applied, and professional psychology
• Understand how psychology's development was shaped by external forces
• Describe how psychology has and continues to shape society

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