Thomas Hardy, 1920s, (1935). Creator: Unknown.
Thomas Hardy, 1920s, (1935). Novelist and poet Hardy (1840-1928), regarded as one of the greatest of British writers. His books, set in the fictional county of Wessex, based on Dorset, powerfully evoke the atmosphere of everyday life in rural England before the coming of the railways. From The Silver Jubilee Book - The Story of 25 Eventful Years in Pictures. [Odhams Press Ltd., London, 1935]