Задание

Complete the task.Read the text about Thomas Hardy's famous novel and put the correct parts of the sentences below into the gaps. One number is extra.

Write one number in each gap.

Thomas Hardy and Tess of the d'Urbervilles

A strong connection with the landscape and nature runs through the works of the English writer Thomas Hardy. This relationship was a reflection of the author's tremendous love of Dorset, the county where he was born, and where he set all of his major novels. , Thomas Hardy moved to London, but after five years, at the age of 27, concerned for his health and yearning to write, he returned to Dorset. Hardy set all his major novels in the southwest of England and named his fictional landscape "Wessex" after the medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom. , he always gave them fictional names.

One of his most famous novels is "Tess of the D'Urbervilles", which was published in 1891. Through Hardy's use of pathetic fallacy, Tess Durbeyfield is shown as being in harmony with nature, which reflects her character and moods. The term "pathetic fallacy" was created by art critic John Ruskin in 1856 and refers to the attribution of human behaviour and emotions to nature. This device was often used in 19th-century novels. Tess is first shown as innocent. She is dancing during a May Day celebration, and captures the attention of Angel Clare, .

The series of misfortunes that shapes Tess' story is caused by the suggestion that she is a descendant of an aristocratic Norman family, the d'Urbervilles. This discovery distances Tess from her natural self and eventually leads to bad consequences. Tess' father agrees that his daughter should contact the heir, Alec D'Urberville. But the result was tragic. He seduces her, and soon abandons her, leaving her an unmarried single mother.

But Tess' love for Angel Clare is pure and the author shows that they can overcome difficulties. They marry, but their happiness is disrupted. When Angel Clare learns about her past, he leaves her in poverty and misery.

Finally, Angel accepts that he wants to be with Tess. The lovers are reunited and live happily ever after until the darkness sets in again, and this time forever for Tess.

1. although many of the novels' locations were real

2. whom she also notices.

3. when he was 22

4. who worked as a farmer