Thomas Hardy: A Biography
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Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner.
A landmark work of literary biography, Thomas Hardy: A Biography presents the definitive life of one of Victorian England's greatest writers, tracing his journey from humble origins in rural Dorset to his celebrated status as both a novelist and poet. Michael Millgate draws on an extraordinary wealth of primary sources — letters, notebooks, and previously unpublished materials — to construct an authoritative and richly detailed portrait of the man behind masterworks such as Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Far from the Madding Crowd, and Jude the Obscure. The biography illuminates Hardy's complex personal relationships, his ambivalent feelings toward fame, and the deeply autobiographical nature of his fiction, revealing a figure both shaped by and perpetually at odds with his era. Scholarly in its rigour yet compelling in its narrative momentum, Millgate's work remains the standard against which all subsequent Hardy biographies are measured.
Author: Michael Millgate
Format: Paperback
Published: 1982, Oxford University Press
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner.
A landmark work of literary biography, Thomas Hardy: A Biography presents the definitive life of one of Victorian England's greatest writers, tracing his journey from humble origins in rural Dorset to his celebrated status as both a novelist and poet. Michael Millgate draws on an extraordinary wealth of primary sources — letters, notebooks, and previously unpublished materials — to construct an authoritative and richly detailed portrait of the man behind masterworks such as Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Far from the Madding Crowd, and Jude the Obscure. The biography illuminates Hardy's complex personal relationships, his ambivalent feelings toward fame, and the deeply autobiographical nature of his fiction, revealing a figure both shaped by and perpetually at odds with his era. Scholarly in its rigour yet compelling in its narrative momentum, Millgate's work remains the standard against which all subsequent Hardy biographies are measured.