Thomas Hardy's Wessex Haunts
We make a field trip to Dorset County, where Thomas Hardy was born and lived most of his life.
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Birthplace Cottage of Thomas Hardy at Higher Bockhampton
We approach the birthplace cottage through the woods.
Thomas Hardy's birthplace cottage, where he lived until about 1874, and wrote Under the Greenwood Tree and Far from the Madding Crowd.
A pond nearby the Hardy cottage.
Beside the pond: self, Dan, Sally, Gil (standing behind).
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Max Gate
Max Gate, the home Thomas Hardy designed and lived in for over 40 years (1885-1928). It was here that he wrote Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Jude the Obscure and The Mayor of Casterbridge, as well as much of his poetry.
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Dorset County Museum
Thomas Hardy's study, relocated to the museum from Max Gate.
Thomas Hardy.
His second wife, Florence Dugdale.
Hardy's first wife, Emma.
Dorset County Museum.