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Hardy, Thomas. Ed(S): Millgate, Michael - The Life and Work of Thomas Hardy - 9780333461679 - V9780333461679
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The Life and Work of Thomas Hardy

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Description for The Life and Work of Thomas Hardy Paperback. Hardy wrote his life in secret for publication after his death as an official biography. However, it was much altered by Florence Emily Hartley. Millgate has retrieved the text of "The Life and Work of Thomas Hardy" and presents it here as it stood at the time of Hardy's final revision. Editor(s): Millgate, Michael. Num Pages: 604 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 136 x 36. Weight in Grams: 826.
One of the literary world's great deceptions was perpetrated when Thomas Hardy wrote his Life in secret for publication after his death as an official biography. Since the true circumstances of its composition have been known The Early Life and Later Years of Thomas Hardy, published over the name of Florence Emily Hardy, has frequently been referred to as Hardy's autobiography. But this is not the whole truth: Florence altered much of what Hardy meant to appear in his 'biography'. Through careful examination of pre- publication texts, Michael Millgate has retrieved the text as it stood at the time of ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
604
Condition
New
Number of Pages
604
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333461679
SKU
V9780333461679
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