Thomas Hardy : the time-torn man

Author(s)

• Tomalin, Claire

Bibliographic Information

Thomas Hardy : the time-torn man

Claire Tomalin

Viking, 2006

• hbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

"Viking an imprint of Penguin Books"

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Thomas Hardy is one of the sacred figures in English writing, a great poet and a novelist with a world reputation. His life was also extraordinary: from the poverty of rural Dorset he went on to become the Grand Old Man of English life and letters, his last resting place in Westminster Abbey. This seminal biography, by our leading biographer, covers Hardy's illegitimate birth, his rural upbringing, his escape to London in the 1860s, his marriages, his status as a bestselling novelist, and in later life, his supreme achievements as a poet.

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Details

• NCID: BA81470955
• ISBN:
  • 0670915122
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xxv, 486 p., [8] p. of plates
• Size: 24 cm
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928
  • LCSH : Authors, English -- 19th century -- Biography
  • LCSH : Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography