Author: Tomalin, Claire
Title: Thomas Hardy: the time-torn man / Claire Tomalin
Description: London: Viking 2006. 1st Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine. very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper. now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong. Physical description: xxv. 486 pages: illustrations; 24 cm. Contents: pt. 1. 1840-1867. Mother; Child; The bookish boy; Friends and brothers; The Londoner. -- pt. 2. 1867-1874. The clever lad's dream; Lyonnesse; The true vocation; Easy to die; A short visit to the continent. -- pt. 3. 1875-1905. Dreaming the heath; Hardy joins a club; The tower; The conformers; The blighted star; Tom and Em; The terra-cotta dress; A witch and a wife; Cat. bird. eagle. sphinx. -- pt. 4. 1905-1928. Convergence; Satires of circumstance; A friend from Cambridge; The wizard; Winter words. Subjects: Hardy. Thomas 1840-1928. Hardy. Thomas 1840-1928; Biography. Authors. English 19th century; Biography. Authors. English 20th century; Biography. Poets. English 20th century; Biography. Poets. English 19th century; Biography. Hardy. Thomas. 1840-1928; Late 19th century English literature; Biography. Genre: Bibliography. Biography. Illustrated. ISBN: 0670915122.

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