The Later Years of Thomas Hardy, 18921928 by Florence Emily ... - 9781108033824

The Later Years of Thomas Hardy, 18921928Author(s): Florence Emily Hardy\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108033824, 978-1108033824\nSynopsis\nThe great English novelist and poet Thomas Hardy [tel] 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 second volume, published in 1930 and covering the period [tel]. It includes the publication of Jude the Obscure [tel] and its hostile reception, Hardy's return to writing poetry, the creation of his epic drama The Dyna.