The following texts are available from the Oxford Text Archive and are in SGML format.

• Tess of the d'Urbervilles
• FarFrom the Madding Crowd
• Return of the Native
• A Pair of Blue Eyes
• The Mayor of Casterbridge
• Jude the Obscure
• The Woodlanders
• Destiny and a Blue Cloak; How I Built Myself a House; The Thieves who Couldn't Help Sneezing.

The following novels are available from Project Gutenberg (except for Poley) and are in ascii or html format. They are available compressed (zipped) to take up less time in the transfer, or uncompressed if you prefer.

Uncompressed		Compressed (zipped)
Desperate Remedies		Desperate Remedies
Under the Greenwood Tree		Under the Greenwood Tree
Far From the Madding Crowd		Far From the Madding Crowd
A Pair of Blue Eyes		A Pair of Blue Eyes
A Laodicean		A Laodicean
The Hand of Ethelberta		The Hand of Ethelberta
Tess of the d'Urbervilles		Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Return of the Native		Return of the Native
Mayor of Casterbridge		Mayor of Casterbridge
The Woodlanders		The Woodlanders
The Trumpet Major		The Trumpet Major
Two on a Tower		Two on a Tower
Jude the Obscure		Jude the Obscure
The Well-Beloved		The Well-Beloved
		Our Exploits at West Poley

 

Interlopers at the Knap from Project Gutenberg's audiobook collection.

Some of Hardy's books of poetry are also available and are in ascii format. They are available compressed (zipped) to take up less time in the transfer, or uncompressed if you prefer to read them on your screen right away.

Uncompressed		Compressed (zipped)
Wessex Poems		Wessex Poems
Poems of the Past & Present		Poems of the Past & Present
Moments of Vision		Moments of Vision
The Dynasts		The Dynasts
Time's Laughingstocks		Time's Laughingstocks
Late Lyrics & Earlier		Late Lyrics & Earlier

• Satires of Circumstance, HTML edition.
• Wessex Poems in HTML.
• Hardy, Owen, and others.
• A Hardy poem translated into Polish.
• A selection of Hardy's poetry.
• "The Respected Burgher"

Some of Hardy's short story volumes are available in ascii format. They are available compressed (zipped) to take up less time in the transfer, or uncompressed if you prefer to read them on your screen right away.

Uncompressed		Compressed (zipped)
Wessex Tales		Wessex Tales
A Group of Noble Dames		A Group of Noble Dames
Life's Little Ironies		Life's Little Ironies
A Changed Man		A Changed Man
The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid		The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid

Non-fiction

• "The Dorsetshire Labourer"
• "The Science of Fiction"
• "Candour in English Fiction"

Autobiography

• The Early Life of Thomas Hardy. [221k - zipped]
• The Later Years of Thomas Hardy. [180k - zipped]

• There's one at Cyber-nation.
• Creative Quotations.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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