Published in 1898, after Hardy had abandoned novel writing, this first collection draws on verse written over three decades. It includes the early sonnet Hap, with its complaint against blind chance, the bleak love poem Neutral Tones, dramatic ballads and Napoleonic-era tales of Wessex folk, and poems on graves, weddings and broken promises.
Essential for readers who know Hardy’s novels and want to meet the poet he always considered himself to be. Download the free EPUB.