Tomalin, Claire

Thomas Hardy: The Time-torn Man

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ISBN 13:: 9780241963289
author:: Tomalin, Claire
format:: Paperback
publisher:: Penguin
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2012
Pages:: 512
Dimensions:: 12.9 x 3.5 x 19.8 cm
Genre:: Biography,
Condition:: New
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Thomas Hardy: A Life of Contrasts Thomas Hardy's life was marked by paradoxes - a near-death experience at birth, a successful writing career, and a troubled personal life. Claire Tomalin's biography reveals the complexities of this Victorian novelist and poet, who reinvented himself in the 20th century. Tomalin's masterful storytelling brings Hardy's life to vivid life, exploring his relationships, writing, and the social context of his time. Through Tomalin's skilled hands, Hardy emerges as a man of spirit and gaiety, whose bitter attacks on the English class system belie a deep-seated desire for connection and friendship. With eight highly acclaimed biographies under her belt, Tomalin is a biographer of great empathy and skill, providing an object lesson in how to write a life that is both absorbing and moving. With its richly detailed narrative, Thomas Hardy: The Time-Torn Man is a compelling story of a man torn between two eras, and the contradictions that defined his life.

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