A Laodicean: A Story of To-Day

by Thomas Hardy

Overview

A Laodicean is a novel by Thomas Hardy, published in 1881. Set in the more technologically advanced contemporaneous age, the plot exhibits devices uncommon for Hardy, such as falsified telegrams and faked photographs. Other notable books by Thomas Hardy include Jude the Obscure, Wessex Tales, Under the Greenwood Tree, The Mayor of Casterbridge, The Return of the Native, Far from the Madding Crowd, A Pair of Blue Eyes, and The Woodlanders.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781442943575
Publisher:	ReadHowYouWant
Publication date:	07/16/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	593 KB

About the Author

Thomas Hardy, OM (2 June 1840 - 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist, in the tradition of George Eliot, he was also influenced both in his novels and poetry by Romanticism, especially by William Wordsworth. Charles Dickens is another important influence on Thomas Hardy. Like Dickens, he was also highly critical of much in Victorian society, though Hardy focused more on a declining rural society.

Date of Birth:

June 2, 1840

Date of Death:

January 11, 1928

Place of Birth:

Higher Brockhampon, Dorset, England

Place of Death:

Max Gate, Dorchester, England

Education:

Served as apprentice to architect James Hicks