Timeless, surprising changes

“No one can read with profit that which he cannot learn to read with pleasure.” – Thomas Hardy
Born on this date in 1840, Thomas Hardy was a multi-talented English writer who always sought to make his mark as a poet but is best known for his wonderful novels like Far From The Madding Crowd andTess of the D’Urbervilles.
Twice nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature, Hardy was considered a Victorian  Realist and champion of the everyday man and woman, speaking out against suffering and injustice that he saw being endured by them.  The author of 3 dozen books, 50 short stories      and hundreds of poems, he also penned a number of well-received dramas and was highly regarded by the theater community.  During his final years, in the 1920s, he seemed a bit surprised that many younger poets spoke of him as a mentor and role model.
“Time changes everything,” Hardy wrote (shortly before his death at age 88),  “except something within us which is always seems a bit surprised by change.”


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