Thomas Hardy’s works known as "novels of character and environment" are the most representatives of him as both a ______ and a critical realist writer. A: romantic B: classical C: optimistic D: naturalistic

Thomas Hardy is the most representative realist in the later decades of the Victorian era, whose principal works are the ( ) novels, i.e., the novels describing the characters and environment of his native countryside. A: Bildungsroman B: character and environment C: realist D: modernist

Three most eminent novelists who represent the three phases of the Victorian novels are Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy and ( ).

Thomas Hardy is the most representative realist in the later decades of the Victorian era, whose principal works are the ( ) novels, i.e., the novels describing the characters and environment of his native countryside.

Which of the following descriptions of Thomas Hardy is wrong______ A: Most of his novels are set in Wessex. B: Tess of the D’Urbervilles is one of the most representative of him as both a naturalistic and a critical realist writer. C: Among Hardy’s major works, Under the Greenwood Tree is the most cheerful and idyllic. D: From The Mayor of Casterbridge on, the tragic sense becomes the keynote of his novels.