Millgate, Michael.

Thomas Hardy : a biography revisited / Michael Millgate. - Rev. ed. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006. - xi, 625 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 24 cm.

This ed. originally published: 2004.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [551]-603) and index.

Hardys and hands -- Bockhampton -- Dorchester -- London -- The poor man and the lady -- St Juliot -- Far from the madding crowd -- Marriage -- Sturminster Newton -- The return of the native -- Illness -- Return to Dorchester -- Max Gate -- The woodlanders -- The writing of Tess -- The publication of Tess -- Florence Henniker -- The making of Jude -- The publication of Jude -- Keeping separate -- Pessimistic meliorist -- The dynasts -- After the visit -- A funeral -- A second marriage -- Life-writing -- Tea at Max Gate -- Plays and players -- Last things.

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Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928.


Novelists, English--19th century--Biography.
Authors, English--19th century--Biography.
Authors, English--20th century--Biography.

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