【正确答案】：
A. HARDY’S NOVELS ARE ALL VICTORIAN IN DATE. MOST OF THEM ARE SET IN WESSEX, THE FICTIONAL PRIMITIVE AND CRUDE RURAL REGION WHICH IS REALLY THE HOME PLACE HE BOTH LOVES AND HATES, SUCH AS THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE, TESS OF THE D’ URBERVILLES AND JUDE THE OBSCURE. THESE WORKS, KNOWN AS “NOVELS OF CHARACTER AND ENVIRONMENT,” ARE THE MOST REPRESENTATIVE OF HIM AS BOTH A NATURALISTIC AND A CRITICAL REALIST WRITER.
B. LIVING AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY, HARDY IS OFTEN REGARDED AS A TRANSITIONAL WRITER. IN HIM WE SEE THE INFLUENCE FROM BOTH THE PAST AND THE MODERN. THE PESSIMISTIC VIEW OF LIFE PREDOMINATES MOST OF HARDY’S LATER WORKS AND EARNS HIM A REPUTATION AS A NATURALISTIC WRITER. THOUGH NATURALISM SEEMS TO HAVE PLAYED AN IMPORTANT PART IN HARDY’S WORKS, THERE IS ALSO BITTER AND SHARP CRITICISM AND EVEN OPEN CHALLENGE OF THE IRRATIONAL, HYPOCRITICAL AND UNFAIR VICTORIAN INSTITUTIONS, CONVENTIONS AND MORALS.
C. HE TELLS VERY GOOD STORIES AND HE IS A GREAT PAINTER OF NATURE. HIS HEROES AND HEROINES, THOSE UNFORTUNATE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN IN THEIR DESPERATE STRUGGLE FOR PERSONAL FULFILLMENT AND HAPPINESS, ARE ALL VIVIDLY AND REALISTICALLY DEPICTED. AND ALL THE WORKS OF HARDY ARE NOTED FOR THE RUSTIC DIALECT AND A POETIC FLAVOR WHICH FITS WELL INTO THEIR PERFECTLY DESIGNED ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURES. THEY ARE THE PRODUCT OF A CONSCIENTIOUS ARTIST.
【题目解析】：A.哈代的小说都是维多利亚时代的。小说中的大部分故事发生在威塞克斯，一个虚构的原始且天然的农村地区，这是他既爱又恨的家乡，比如《还乡记》、《德伯家的苔丝》和《无名的裘德》。这些作品被称为“人物与环境小说”，是他作为自然主义作家和批判现实主义作家最具代表性的作品。B.哈代生活在世纪之交，常被认为是一个过渡性作家。在他身上，我们看到了来自过去和现代的影响。悲观的人生观主导了哈代后期的大部分作品，并为他赢得了自然主义作家的声誉。自然主义似乎在哈代的作品中扮演了重要的角色，但也存在着对维多利亚时代非理性、虚伪和不公平的制度、习俗和道德的尖锐批评，甚至是公开的挑战。C.他讲的故事很好，他是一位伟大的自然画家。他笔下的男女主人公，那些为实现个人价值和幸福而奋不顾身地奋斗的不幸青年男女，都被生动而真实地描绘出来。哈代的所有作品都以质朴的方言和诗意著称，这与他们精心设计的结构非常吻合。它们是一位认真艺术家的作品。