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1) Winter
Author
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
"Told from the alternating perspectives of (Thomas) Hardy, (his wife) Florence, and Gertrude, an amateur actress, Winter is an elegiac study of a great author's artistry, a revealing portrait of a marriage, and a deeply resonant view into jealousy and missed opportunity which will ensnare all three characters -- with unforeseen results." -- from book jacket flap.
2) Thomas Hardy
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2007
Description
Whitbread Award winner Claire Tomalin's seminal biography of the enigmatic novelist and poet Thomas Hardy. Today Thomas Hardy is best known for creating the great Wessex landscape as the backdrop to his rural stories, starting with Far from the Madding Crowd, and making them classics. But his true legacy is that of a progressive thinker. When he published Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure late in his career, Hardy explored a very different...
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The publication of "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" in 1891 generated both controversy and mixed reviews. Featuring a disgraced woman as the heroine, the tragic novel elicited reactions that ranged from "an unpleasant novel told in a very unpleasant way ("The Saturday Review") to "Hardy's best novel yet" ("The Atlantic Monthly"). "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" has since come to be considered a masterpiece of English literature, sparking numerous film and...
