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In a remote corner of early Victorian England, where traditional practices remain untouched by time, Bathsheba Everdene stands out as a beacon of feminine independence and self-reliance. However, when confronted with three suitors, among them the dashing Sergeant Troy, she shows a reckless capriciousness which threatens the stability of...

Thomas Hardy The Time-Torn Man written by Claire Tomalin performed by Jill Bacon on CD (Abridged)

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ISBN: 9780141806877
Genre - Main: Non-Fiction
Genre - Specific: Biography
Duration: 405 mins
Length: Abridged
Author: Claire Tomalin
Performer 1: Jill Bacon
Rarity: Rare

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Thomas Hardy is one of the sacred figures in English writing, a great poet and a novelist with a world reputation. His life was also extraordinary: from the poverty of rural Dorset he went on to become the Grand Old Man of English life and letters, his last resting place in Westminster Abbey.

This seminal biography, by our leading biographer, covers Hardy’s illegitimate birth, his rural upbringing, his escape to London in the 1860s, his marriages, his status as a bestselling novelist, and in later life, his supreme achievements as a poet.

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