Wessex (fictional region)

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fictional region fictional representation of southwest England literary setting

Wessex (fictional region) is Thomas Hardy’s imagined version of southwest England, a semi-fictional rural landscape that provides the setting for many of his major novels.

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Label Occurrences
Wessex (fictional region) canonical 1
Wessex novels setting 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional region ⓘ
fictional representation of southwest England ⓘ
literary setting ⓘ
basedOn Berkshire ⓘ
Devon ⓘ
Dorset ⓘ
Hampshire ⓘ
Somerset ⓘ
Wiltshire ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
creator Thomas Hardy ⓘ
firstUsedBy Thomas Hardy ⓘ
genre realist fiction setting ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Hardy’s Wessex ⓘ
hasPart Alfredston ⓘ
Anglebury ⓘ
Weymouth ⓘ
surface form: Budmouth

Casterbridge ⓘ
Christminster ⓘ
Christminster University ⓘ
Egdon Heath ⓘ
Havenpool ⓘ
Knollsea ⓘ
Marygreen ⓘ
Mellstock ⓘ
Port-Bredy ⓘ
Sherton Abbas ⓘ
Weatherbury ⓘ
inspiredBy historic kingdom of Wessex ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryPeriod Victorian literature ⓘ
locatedIn southwest England ⓘ
notableFor depiction of agricultural life ⓘ
rural landscapes ⓘ
tragic narratives ⓘ
usedIn A Pair of Blue Eyes ⓘ
Desperate Remedies ⓘ
Far from the Madding Crowd ⓘ
Jude the Obscure ⓘ
Tess of the D’Urbervilles ⓘ
surface form: Tess of the d’Urbervilles

The Hand of Ethelberta ⓘ
The Mayor of Casterbridge ⓘ
The Return of the Native ⓘ
The Trumpet-Major ⓘ
The Woodlanders ⓘ
Two on a Tower ⓘ
Under the Greenwood Tree ⓘ
short stories by Thomas Hardy ⓘ

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Thomas Hardy → notableConcept → Wessex (fictional region) ⓘ
Higher Bockhampton → hasLiteraryAssociation → Wessex (fictional region) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wessex novels setting