Hardy Kick

A couple of months ago, I, out of boredom, started re-reading Thomas Hardy's "Tess of the d'Urbervilles." Which led to "Jude the Obscure," which led to "Mayor of Casterbridge," and then "Far from the Madding Crowd." (Favorites so far, in order: Jude, Mayor, Tess, Madding.) I've also now read what is allegedly a posthumous bio by Hardy's second wife (but actually written by Hardy himself before he died), four other bios, and bios of both the first and second wives. (Gittings is my favorite biographer so far.) I also recently bought a half-complete set of a 1905 Harper's Hardy collection, plus, just a couple of days of ago, the below collection of both books and ephemera.