The Library Word Search Plus February 2021 A Thomas Hardy Special

Answer the questions to find the words

1. Thomas Hardy was born in ______, Dorset in 1840 2. At the age of 18 he became an apprentice ______3. His novel “______Remedies” was published in 1871 4. and in 1872 came “Under the ______Tree” 5. “A Pair of ____ Eyes” appeared in 1873 6. Thomas’s first major success appeared in 1874: “Far from the ______Crowd” 7. Julie Christie played ______Everdene in the 1967 film version of this novel 8. 1874 saw Thomas marry ____ Lavinia Gifford 9. Ethelberta ______is the central character in the 1876 “The Hand of Ethelberta” 10. The mysterious ‘Reddleman’ ______Venn appears in the 1878 “The Return of the Native” 11. ______Derriman is the unattractive suitor in the 1880 “The Trumpet Major” 12. Paula Power is Hardy’s heroine in the 1881 “The ______” 13. In 1882 Thomas introduced the unhappy Lady ______Constantine in “Two on a Tower” 14. 1886 saw publication of one of Hardy’s major works “The Mayor of ______” 15. The tragic Giles ______appears in the 1887 novel “The Woodlanders” 16. “The ______Arm” is one of the stories in the 1888 collection “Wessex Tales” 17. The romantic _____ Clare appears in the famous 1891 book “Tess of the D’Urbervilles” 18. ______Kinski played ‘Tess’ in the 1979 film version of the book 19. “The Well-Beloved” appeared in “The ______London News” in 1892, before it was published in book form in 1897 20. The infamous “____ the Obscure” appeared in 1895 21. 1889 saw the publication of Thomas’s first book of verse “______Poems” 22. From 1904 to 1908 came the publication of his blank verse drama in three instalments “The ______” 23. Following the death of Emma in 1912, in 1914 Thomas married Florence ______24. Hardy’s last volume of poetry “______Words” was published posthumously in 1928, the year of his death. Now find the words on the grid - horizontally, vertically, diagonally and backwards!

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