1. THOMAS HARDY TYLER WHIRLEY

2. Thomas Hardy was born in Dorset, England, on June 2, 1840.

3. Thomas Hardy was an English novelist and poet.

4. Hardy’s youth was influenced by the musicality of his father, a stonemason and fiddler, and his mother, Jemima Hand Hardy, often described as the real guiding star of Hardy’s early life.

5. Hardy’s long career spanned the Victorian and the modern eras.

6. Hardy died in 1928.

7. STANZA FROM “I SAID TO LOVE” I said to Love, "Thou art not young, thou art not fair, No faery darts, no cherub air, Nor swan, nor dove Are thine; but features pitiless, And iron daggers of distress," I said to Love.

8. TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES date of first publication · 1891 time and place written · 1880s, England

9. VICTORIAN ENGLAND 1837 - 1901 1. During the Victorian era in England, law-makers and trade unions began to address and improve working conditions. 2. Throughout the Victorian period, birth rates increased. 3. Scientifically, the Victorian era also saw huge success. 4. Railways continued to develop in this era. 5. The Victorian era in Great Britain was a time of great change and progress and is still considered the Birth of Modern Times.