year ofhis death Mrs Hardy published The Early Life of Thomas Hardy,1841-1891:compiled largely from contemporary notes, letters,diaries,and biographical memoranda,as well as from oral information in conversations extendingover many years Hardy's work was admired by many writers ofa younger generation including D.H.Lawrence and Virginia Woolf.In his autobiography Goodbye to All That,Robert Graves recalls meeting Hardy in Dorset in the early 1920s.Hardy received him and his new wife warmly,and was encouraging about his work. In 1910,Hardy wasawarded the Order ofMerit. Hardy's cottage at Bockhampton and Max Gate in Dorchester are owned by the National Trust. II.Points of View: 10 Hardy is much influenced by scientific discoveries and philosophers of the new school.He read Darwin's Origin of Species and accepted his theory of "survival of the fittest."His reading of Spencer's First Principle inspired his pessimistic determinism and led him to the belief that man's fate was predeterminedly tragic. In his works,man is shown driven by a combined force ofyear of his death Mrs Hardy published The Early Life of Thomas Hardy, 1841–1891: compiled largely from contemporary notes, letters, diaries, and biographical memoranda, as well as from oral information in conversations extending over many years. Hardy's work was admired by many writers of a younger generation including D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf. In his autobiography Goodbye to All That, Robert Graves recalls meeting Hardy in Dorset in the early 1920s. Hardy received him and his new wife warmly, and was encouraging about his work. In 1910, Hardy was awarded the Order of Merit. Hardy's cottage at Bockhampton and Max Gate in Dorchester are owned by the National Trust. II. Points of View: Hardy is much influenced by scientific discoveries and philosophers of the new school. He read Darwin’s Origin of Species and accepted his theory of “survival of the fittest.” His reading of Spencer’s First Principle inspired his pessimistic determinism and led him to the belief that man’s fate was predeterminedly tragic. In his works, man is shown driven by a combined force of 10’