Thomas Hardy: The Time-torn Man - Couverture souple

Tomalin, Claire

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0241963281 ISBN 13 : 9780241963289

Editeur : Penguin, 2012

Synopsis

Thomas Hardy Paradox ruled Thomas Hardy's life. His birth was almost his death; he became one of the great Victorian novelists and reinvented himself as one of the twentieth-century's greatest poets; he was an unhappy husband but a desolate widower; he has prized the friendship of aristocrats. This title presents his portrait. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Thomas Hardy is the acclaimed biography by bestselling author Claire Tomalin 'An extraordinary story, beautifully told. Tomalin is the most empathetic of biographers' Craig Brown, Mail on SundayParadox ruled Thomas Hardy's life. His birth was almost his death; he became one of the great Victorian novelists and reinvented himself as one of the twentieth-century's greatest poets; he was an unhappy husband and a desolate widower; he wrote bitter attacks on the English class system yet prized the friendship of aristocrats.In the hands of Whitbread Award-winning biographer Claire Tomalin, author of the bestselling books Charles Dickens: A Life and The Invisible Woman, Thomas Hardy the novelist, poet, neglectful husband and mourning lover all come vividly alive. 'Another triumph for a biographer who goes from strength to strength' Melvyn Bragg, Guardian, Books of the Year'Tomalin provides an object lesson in how to write a life' Economist'A moving story, and Tomalin tells it vividly, with as great a fund of sympathy and sense, as can be imagined' Daily Telegraph'Skilful and absorbing, admirable. The most compelling of life stories' Daily Telegraph'Hardy emerges as a man full of spirit and gaiety' Sunday Times Claire Tomalin is the award-winning author of eight highly acclaimed biographies, including: The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft; Shelley and His World; Katherine Mansfield: A Secret Life; The Invisible Woman: The Story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens; Mrs Jordan's Profession; Jane Austen: A Life; Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self; Thomas Hardy: The Time-Torn Man and, most recently, Charles Dickens: A Life. A former literary editor of the New Statesman and the Sunday Times, she is married to the playwright and novelist Michael Frayn.

Revue de presse :

"A fascinating case study in mid-Victorian literary sociology."
-The New York Times

"Admirable . . . One returns to Thomas Hardy with renewed pleasure and surprise."
-The New York Review of Books

"Tomalin brings . . . the skills of an experienced and accomplished biographer . . . and the confidence of a deeply informed literary critic."
-Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Penguin
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0241963281
• ISBN 13: 9780241963289
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 528