Hopkins walks through the country behind Hardy’s Wessex: Shaftesbury, the Vale of Blackmoor, Blandford and Dorchester, Bere Regis and the Turbervilles who became the d’Urbervilles. Along the way he collects Dorset humour, cider-making, witchcraft and piskie lore, dialect sayings, and notes on Hardy and William Barnes.
A companion for any Hardy reader planning a Dorset journey, real or imagined. Download the free EPUB.