Secret meetings, narrow escapes, midnight smuggling, lost opportunities and startling discoveries - just a few of the ingredients in this fascinating and rewarding selection of tales from one of the greatest of English storytellers.

 

This book is part of a book series called New Longman Literature 14-18 .

There are 376 pages in this book. This book was published 1995 by Pearson Education Limited .

THOMAS HARDY (1840-1928) was an English novelist and poet. London-based illustrator ANN KRONHEIMER specialises in children's publishing, picture and story books, early readers and educational books for infants up to young adults. She uses a dip pen and ink, sometimes with a wash and sometimes just line, combining traditional style with modern imagery.