can you name some other novels of this writer?
"The Mayor of Casterbridge", "Tess of the d'Urbervilles", and "Jude the Obscure".
Thomas Hardy
 Initially, he gained fame as the author of novels such as "Far from the Madding Crowd" (1874), "The Mayor of Casterbridge" (1886), "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" (1891), and "Jude the Obscure" (1895). 
where is altrincham located? Trafford, Greater Manchester, England is it a town or village? A market town any attractional tourist spot? Yes, Royd House, Stamford Park, Dunham Massey Hall, etc. any notable person? Helen Allingham what did its population change to? Its population grew by 275 per cent, higher than the 235 per cent for Trafford and 69 per cent nationally who is this person you mentioned? She was an English watercolourist and illustrator. do you know any of her works? She did 12 illustrations for the 1874 serialisation of Thomas Hardy's novel "Far from the Madding Crowd".
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Thomas Hardy [SEP] Introduction
During his lifetime, Hardy's poetry was acclaimed by younger poets (particularly the Georgians) who viewed him as a mentor. After his death his poems were lauded by Ezra Pound, W. H. Auden and Philip Larkin. Many of his novels concern tragic characters struggling against their passions and social circumstances, and they are often set in the semi-fictional region of Wessex; initially based on the medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom, Hardy's Wessex eventually came to include the counties of Dorset, Wiltshire, Somerset, Devon, Hampshire and much of Berkshire, in southwest and south central England. Two of his novels, "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" and "Far from the Madding Crowd", were listed in the top 50 on the BBC's survey The Big Read.