Thomas Hardy (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.He was highly critical of much in Victorian society, though Hardy focused more on a declining rural society.This collection includes 28 major works:1. The Return of the Native2.Tess of the d'Urbervilles, a Pure Woman3. Jude the Obscure4. The Mayor of Casterbridge5. Far from the Madding Crowd6. The Three Strangers7. A Pair of Blue Eyes8. Under the Greenwood Tree9. Life's Little Ironies10. Wessex Tales11. Desperate Remedies12. The Woodlanders13. The Dynasts14. The Well-Beloved15. A Mere Interlude16. A Laodicean17. Wessex Poems and Other Verses18. A Changed Man; and other tales19. Poems of the Past and the Present20. Two on a Tower21. The Trumpet-Major22. The Hand of Ethelberta23. A Group of Noble Dames24. The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid25. Late Lyrics and Earlier : with Many Other Verses26. Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses27. Satires of Circumstance, lyrics and reveries with miscellaneous pieces28. Time's Laughingstocks and Other Verses