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Thomas Hardy (Writer)

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The Resume

    (June 2, 1840-January 11, 1928)
    Wrote 'Far From the Madding Crowd (1874),' 'The Return of the Native (1878),' 'The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886),' 'Wessex Tales (1888),' 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1891),' 'Jude the Obscure (1895),' 'Wessex Poems (1898)' and 'A Changed Man (1913)'

Why he might be annoying:

    His books are pessimistic and depressing.
    'Jude the Obscure' is about a couple whose small children all die in a gruesome murder-suicide (sounds like a real barrel of laughs).
    He shocked his stuffy Victorian readers with his tragic, violent stories.
    His books were burned in public.
    He married a woman 40 years his junior.
    He once saw Charles Dickens having lunch in a cafe, but was too chicken to talk to him.
    His book 'Far From the Madding Crowd' is often mistakenly called "Far From the Maddening Crowd.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    He played the violin.
    Unlike many writers of his time, he wrote in simple, realistic language.
    'Jude the Obscure' was made into a good (if depressing) movie with Christopher Eccleston and Kate Winslet.
    After he died, some family members said he was impotent (nice family!).
    His family and executor argued about where his body would be buried.
    As a result, his heart was cut out and buried in a different place than his ashes.
    There are rumors that the heart was partially eaten by a cat in the interim.
    The city of Dorset brews Thomas Hardy Ale in his honor, all bottles are individually numbered.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro


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Year In Review:

    In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 18 Votes: 11.11% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 24 Votes: 54.17% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 33 Votes: 48.48% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 42 Votes: 45.24% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 111 Votes: 55.86% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 125 Votes: 47.20% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 168 Votes: 47.02% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 31 Votes: 32.26% Annoying