A Changed Man, The Waiting Supper, and Other Tales

Initially an aspiring architect, Thomas Hardy's reputation was secured with the serial publication of his fifth novel, Far From the Madding Crowd, in a prestigious magazine. His later novels Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure were considered shocking - so much so that Hardy was forced to completely rewrite the rape episode from Tess for the magazine version.