{"product_id":"the-early-life-of-thomas-hardy-1840-1891-paperback-9781108033831","title":"The Early Life of Thomas Hardy, 1840–1891 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108033831","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Early Life of Thomas Hardy, 1840–1891\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe first volume (1928) of a fascinating account of Hardy's life, compiled by him in collaboration with his second wife.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFlorence Emily Hardy (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108033831, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 29 September 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e374 pages, 15 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 21.6 x 2 cm, 0.48 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe great English novelist and poet Thomas Hardy (1840–1928) worked with his second wife, Florence, on this account of his life. It was published under her name, in two separate volumes, after his death. Its origins are as fascinating as the man himself: written in the third person, it was compiled from Hardy's selections from his diaries, notebooks and letters, typed up by Florence and further edited by her after he died. The work provides an invaluable, if idiosyncratic, record of Hardy's life and complex, contradictory character. This is the first volume, published in 1928 and covering the period 1840–91, including Hardy's childhood in Dorset, the publication of novels such as Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) and Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1891), his marriage in 1874 to Emma Gifford and the building of Max Gate, their home near Dorchester.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePrefatory note\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Early Life and Architecture: 1. Birth and boyhood, 1840–55\u003cbr\u003e 2. Student and architect, 1856–62\u003cbr\u003e 3. Work in London, 1862–7\u003cbr\u003e 4. Between architecture and literature, 1867–70\u003cbr\u003e 5. St. Juliot, 1870\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Novels - to Illness: 6. First three books, 1870–3\u003cbr\u003e 7. Far from the Madding Crowd, marriage, and another novel, 1873–16\u003cbr\u003e 8. Holland, the Rhine, and Sturminster Newton, 1876–8\u003cbr\u003e 9. Life and literature in a London suburb, 1878–80\u003cbr\u003e 10. London, Normandy, and Cambridge, 1879–80\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Illness, Novels, and Italy: 11. A difficult period\u003cbr\u003e and a change, 1880–1\u003cbr\u003e 12. Wimborne and Two on a Tower, 1882–3\u003cbr\u003e 13. The country town, 1883–5\u003cbr\u003e 14. Max Gate and The Woodlanders, 1885–7\u003cbr\u003e 15. Italian journey, 1887\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Between Town and Country: 16. London friends, Paris, and short stories, 1887–8\u003cbr\u003e 17. More town friends and a novel's dismemberment, 1888–9\u003cbr\u003e 18. Observations on people and things, 1890\u003cbr\u003e 19. The novel Tess restored and published, 1891.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20c%201800%20to%20c%201900%20%20%5BDSBF%5D%22\"\u003eDSBF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004788101400,"sku":"9781108033831","price":30.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108033831i_7f2b8bf9-a342-4cba-ab8c-137ec22d99f7.jpg?v=1694873759","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-early-life-of-thomas-hardy-1840-1891-paperback-9781108033831","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}