This Victorian's poems are suffused with frustration and despair; however,  he is better known for his novels, many of which exhibited a serial structure,  and which emphasized the concept of naturalism. Most were set in his native  Devon. FTP, name this author of the poems "A Broken Appointment" and the  Darkling Thrush", 
This Victorian's poems are suffused with frustration and despair; however,  he is better known for his novels, many of which exhibited a serial structure,  and which emphasized the concept of naturalism. Most were set in his native  Devon. FTP, name this author of the poems "A Broken Appointment" and the  Darkling Thrush", and creator of such memorable characters as Eustachia Vye  and Tess.
This Victorian's poems are suffused with frustration and despair; however,  he is better known for his novels, many of which exhibited a serial structure,  and which emphasized the concept of naturalism.
Thomas Hardy