ThefollowingresearchpaperisanattempttodiscussThomasHardy,a novelistoftheVictorianera,asasocialreformer.Manycriticsand researchersofhisnovels,considerhimapessimist,whopaintsadarkerpictureoflife.In thispicture,man isportrayedasatragicfigure,clutchedinthecruelgripsoffateaswellassociety.Thepresentpapergivesargumentsofcritics,andinterpretsHardy’snovels intheway,sothatwemaypre...