1、The representative work of Thomas Hardy Tess of the DUrbervilles Jude the ObscureThese novels are two of his greatest and best known novelsThe story is about The tragic fate of Tess and her family.The theme of Tess of the DUrbervilles In this work,the authors pessimistic and naturalistic view of lif
2、e is fully expressed.On the other hand,his critical and bold exposure of the hypocritical morality of the bourgeois society and the bitter denunciation of the capitalist invasion into the country and the destruction of the English peasantry towards the end of the 19th century is first rateThe stonem
3、ason Jude Fawley is a dreamer;his is a tragedy of unfulfilled aims.With his tantalizing cousin Sue Bridehead,the last and most extraordinary of Hardys heroines,Jude takes on the worldand discovers,tragically,its brutal indifference The story dramatized the conflict between carnal and spiritual lifeH
4、ardys stories take into consideration the events of life and their effects.Fate plays a significant role as the thematic basis for many of his novels.Characters are constantly encountering crossroads,which are symbolic of a point of opportunity and transition.Hardys two novels,Tess of the dUrbervill
5、es(1891)and Jude the Obscure(1895)are his last long fiction works.The last novels challenged the sensibilities of Victorian readers with situations that ruffled many a Victorian feather:immoral sex,murder,illegitimate children,and the unmarried living togetherconclusionMankind is subjected to the rule of some hostile and mysterious fate,which brings misfortune to human life.Fatalism:chance and fate,Naturalism,the final disintegration of peasantry in England,Hypocritical morality