# Thomas Hardy — Sticks and Stones character guide

> Thomas Hardy in Sticks and Stones by Lewis Mumford.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Thomas Hardy, Mr. Hardy

**First appearance:** 0021-iii

## Who they are

Novelist and poet whose architectural background influenced his work.

## In the story

### [The Defeat of Romanticism](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/chapters/v-the-defeat-of-romanticism)

Trained as an architect; wrote the esthetic apology for industrialism, transferring depression to Wessex countryside.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/chapters/iii)

Quoted as the aesthetic apologist for industrialism, transferring London's depression to the Wessex countryside.

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