Thomas Hardy: Behind the Mask
ISBN-13:
9780752456300
ISBN-10:
075245630X
Edition:
First Edition
Author:
Andrew Norman
Publication date:
2011
Publisher:
The History Press
Format:
Hardcover
224 pages
FREE US shipping
Book details
ISBN-13:
9780752456300
ISBN-10:
075245630X
Edition:
First Edition
Author:
Andrew Norman
Publication date:
2011
Publisher:
The History Press
Format:
Hardcover
224 pages
Summary
Thomas Hardy: Behind the Mask (ISBN-13: 9780752456300 and ISBN-10: 075245630X), written by authors
Andrew Norman, was published by The History Press in 2011.
With an overall rating of 4.5 stars, it's a notable title among other
books. You can easily purchase or rent Thomas Hardy: Behind the Mask (Hardcover) from BooksRun,
along with many other new and used
books
and textbooks.
And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.47.
Description
The first biography to explain the anguish of his personal life and how it influenced such masterpieces as Jude the Obscure and Tess of the d'Urbervilles Piercing the veil of secrecy which Thomas Hardy deliberately drew over his life, this book seeks to determine why he was filled with anguish, and to discover how this led to the creation of some of the finest novels and poems in the English language. Shy to a fault, Hardy surrounded his house with a dense curtain of trees, shunned publicity and investigative reporters, and when visitors arrived unexpectedly he slipped quietly out of the back door in order to avoid them. Furthermore, following the death of his first wife Emma, he burned, page by page, a book-length manuscript of hers entitled What I think of my husband, together with letters, notebooks, and diaries—both his and hers. This behavior begs the question: did he have something to hide, and if so, did this "something" relate to his relationship with Emma? This biography puts forward evidence that she may have suffered from schizophrenia, and identifies an "other man" with whom she was in love.
We would LOVE it if you could help us and other readers by reviewing the book
{user}
{createdAt}
{truncated_title}
{author_block}
by {truncated_author}
