This revised edition of the successful Casebook first published in 1975 is now up-to-date for the 1990s, with additional recent criticism reflecting major reassessments of Hardy’s novel in the light of the best scholarship of the last two decades. The volume retains its previous and invaluable selection of earlier reviews and articles. The introduction by R.P. Draper, provides a perceptive overview of both the novels and the enormous range of criticism that Hardy’s work has generated.