Author: TOMALIN, CLAIRE
Title: Thomas Hardy : the time-torn man / Claire Tomalin
Description: London : Viking 2006. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered.Physical description; xxv. 486 p. [16] p. of plates : ill. map. ports. ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes index. Bibliography: p. 453-461. Summary; This biography 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. 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. Subjects; Hardy. Thomas 1840-1928. Authors. English — 19th century — Biography. Authors. English — 20th century — Biography. Poets. English — 20th century — Biography. Biography & autobiography: literary. ISBN: 0670915122. Weight in Kg appr.:

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