Taylor Wilhite teaches his guests about the wondrous legacy of his name by discussing other Taylors of note.
Like all of Hardys work, The Return of the Native (1878) is passionate and controversial, with themes and sympathies beyond what a good Victorian would ever admit. A modern and...
Thomas Hardy is regarded as one of the best English novelists. His novels are heartbreaking, unconventional, sad and lyrical. He also wrote many poems. This is one of the best....
Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) is Thomas Hardys fourth novel and offers in ample measure the details of English rural life that Hardy so relished. Hardys growing taste for...
Her father compels her to visit the biggest mansion in the village to claim kin with the aristocratic d'Urberville family. She falls prey to the debauched son of the house and...
Tess of the dUrbervilles subtitled, A Pure Woman, is the story of a young working woman named Tess Durbeyfield who is sent by her father to visit wealthy relatives. Her encounter...
I Samuel, narrated by Daniel David Jensen, from The Holy Bible, Old Testament, Authorized King James Version.