Thomas Hardy
Nascimento : 1840-06-02, Dorset, England
Morte : 1928-01-11
História
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 influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, including the poetry of William Wordsworth. He was highly critical of much in Victorian society, especially on the declining status of rural people in Britain, such as those from his native South West England.
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Bathsheba Everdene é uma jovem em dificuldades financeiras que não deseja se casar, mesmo que seja para garantir seu sustento. Ela herda uma fazenda do tio e decide coordenar a propriedade, algo impensável para uma mulher na época. Logo, ela contrata Gabriel como seu capataz e passa a ser assediada por William Boldwood, um rico fazendeiro. Entretanto, quem a conquista de fato é o sargento Troy, um militar que carrega consigo um trauma amoroso do passado.
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When her father is killed in a road accident, Trishna's family expect her to provide for them. The rich son of an entrepreneur starts to restlessly pursue her affections, but are his intentions as pure as they seem?
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Having inherited her father’s farm, a spirited and feisty young woman – Bathsheba Everdene, finds herself playing mistress in a man’s world. She is pursued by three would-be lovers: the constant shepherd, Gabriel Oak; the obsessive landowner, William Boldwood and the reckless Sergeant Troy. But are any of them a match for the wilful Bathsheba? Based upon one of Hardy’s most popular and enduring novels, Far from the Madding Crowd takes us on a theatrical journey through Hardy country, following a passionate young girl propelled into womanhood by her experiences of love and loss.
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Set in a rustic English village in the mid 19th century, Under The Greenwood Tree tells the story of a poor young man who falls for a middle-class schoolteacher and attempts to win her over.
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Adaptation of Thomas Hardy's novel.
At a country fair, young hay-trusser Michael Henchard quarrels with his wife Susan, and in a drunken fit decides to auction off his wife and baby to a sailor for five guineas. The next day, realising his loss, he swears not to touch liquor again for as many years as he has lived so far. Eighteen years later, Henchard has become Mayor of Casterbridge, a man well respected but not well liked. The unexpected return of his wife and daughter Elizabeth Jane sets off a turn of events that force him to face the consequences of his selfish impulses and violent temper.
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Uma história épica que se passa nas geladas montanhas de Sierra Nevada nos primeiros anos da Califórnia. Dillon, um pioneiro, desafia as dificuldades da caça ao ouro. Depois de enriquecer, ele dá inicio a uma pequena e bem sucedida vila de exploração, chamada Kingdom Come. Cego pela ambição e avareza, Dillon é pego de surpresa pelo destino quando três forasteiros chegam a Kingdom Come. Um deles é um avaliador, a serviço da ferrovia, para decidir onde será construída a continuação da estrada, que pode mudar o futuro da vila; e duas mulheres do seu passado que guardam um segredo que pode destrui-lo.
Novel
This powerful adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic novel spins a story of passion and destruction set in the nineteenth century. The proud, flighty and bewitching Bathsheba Everdene finds herself entangled into the passions of three men and her impulsive nature pushes her into a web of deceit and destruction.
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Thomas Hardy's classic epic remains one of the most popular novels, this TV adaptation vividly depicts the powerful tale of a peasant girl whose life is torn apart by the love and jealousy of two men. Justine Waddell stars as the hapless Child of Nature who is tossed around by the dark forces of fate. Jason Flemyng is the dark and sinister Alec D'Urberville whose relentless pursuit of Tess triggers the heroine's downfall. Oliver Milburn plays the handsome young Angel Clare, the caring rebel who falls deeply in love with Tess.
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A história se passa no canto rural do século 19 do Sul da Inglaterra. A filha do comerciante de madeira Melbury , Grace , retorna à cidade depois de terminar a escola. Seu pai acredita que agora ela ...
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O jovem Jude sonha em estudar, mas se vê obrigado a casar com a filha de um fazendeiro. O relacionamento chega ao fim e ele decide ir para a cidade grande, onde conhece sua linda prima Sue e se apaixona. O problema é que sua amada já é casada.
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Somerset 1850. Two boys exploring an underground cave, divert the course of a river and drastically change the lives of the people of two villages.
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How it will end? Let's just tell you that on one side of the mountain, the stream that had run before it dries up, and on the other side of the mountain, the creek starts to breathe.
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Na Inglaterra do século 19, a bela Tess, filha de um fazendeiro, é enviada para viver com parentes nobres. Ela é seduzida e abandonada por seu primo distante, Alec. De volta à fazenda de seu pai, ela dá à luz um bebê natimorto e enfrenta a hipocrisia da sociedade. Baseado no romance de Thomas Hardy.
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A herdeira de uma fazenda contrata seu rejeitado pretendente como pastor de ovelhas. Depois comete o erro de apaixonar-se e casar com um oficial da cavalaria.
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A girl organist is blamed for ousting the village choir.
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A young girl is seduced and raped by an older middle class man in Victorian England. After moving on with her path, she gets married. All is well until her husband discovers her past. Leading her on a life of wandering, murder, and execution.
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A peasant girl sent to make a claim on her family's ancestral home in England's Wessex is seduced and left with child by its current owner.
