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Richard Burton reads the poetry of Thomas Hardy
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The multi-award winning actor reads the finest work of Thomas Hardy
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Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy was born in 1840 in Dorchester, Dorset. He enrolled as a student in King’s College, London, but never felt at ease there, seeing himself as socially inferior. This preoccupation with society, particularly the declining rural society, featured heavily in Hardy’s novels, with many of his stories set in the fictional county of Wessex. Since his death in 1928, Hardy has been recognised as a significant poet, influencing The Movement poets in the 1950s and 1960s.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How can you go wrong with the mellifluous voice of Richard Burton and the pragmatic poetry of Thomas Hardy. Wonderful.