The Later Years of Thomas Hardy, 1892–1928

Florence Emily Hardy

doi:10.1017/CBO9781139060769

The great English novelist and poet Thomas Hardy (1840–1928) worked with his second wife, Florence, on this account of his life. It was published under her name, in two separate volumes, after his death. Its origins are as fascinating as the man himself: written in the third person, it was compiled from Hardy's selections from his diaries, notebooks and letters, typed up by Florence and further edited by her after he died. The work provides an invaluable, if idiosyncratic, record of Hardy's life and complex, contradictory character. This is the second volume, published in 1930 and covering the period 1892–1928. It includes the publication of Jude the Obscure (1895) and its hostile reception, Hardy's return to writing poetry, the creation of his epic drama The Dynasts (1908), the death of Emma, his first wife, Hardy's response to World War I, and his marriage to Florence Dugdale.

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Frontmatter
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Contents
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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PART I - TESS, JUDE, AND THE END OF PROSE
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CHAPTER I - THE RECEPTION OF THE BOOK, 1892: Aet. 51–52
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CHAPTER II - VISITS AND INTERMITTENT WRITING, 1893: Aet. 52–53
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CHAPTER III - ANOTHER NOVEL FINISHED, MUTILATED, AND RESTORED, 1894–1895: Aet. 53–55
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CHAPTER IV - MORE ON “JUDE”, AND ISSUE OF “THE WELL-BELOVED”, 1896–1897: Aet. 55–57
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PART II - VERSE, TO THE END OF “THE DYNASTS”
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CHAPTER V - COLLECTING OLD POEMS AND MAKING NEW, 1897-1898: Aet. 57–58
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CHAPTER VI - “WESSEX POEMS” AND OTHERS, 1899–19OO: Aet. 58–60
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CHAPTER VII - “POEMS OF THE PAST AND THE PRESENT”, AND OTHERS, 1901–1903: Aet. 60–63
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CHAPTER VIII - PART FIRST OF “THE DYNASTS”, I904–I905: Aet: 63–65
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CHAPTER IX - THE REMAINDER OF “THE DYNASTS”, I906–I908: Aet. 65–67
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PART III - “TIME'S LAUGHINGSTOCKS”, “SATIRES OF CIRCUMSTANCE”, AND “MOMENTS OF VISION”
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CHAPTER X - DEATHS OF SWINBURNE AND MEREDITH, I908-I909: Aet. 67–69
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CHAPTER XI - THE FREEDOM OF THE BOROUGH, 19IO: Aet. 69–70
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CHAPTER XII - BEREAVEMENT, I911–1912: Aet. 70–72
pp 148-155
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CHAPTER XIII - REVISITINGS, SECOND MARRIAGE, AND WAR WRITINGS, I913–1914: Aet. 72–74
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CHAPTER XIV - WAR EFFORTS, DEATHS OF RELATIVES, AND “MOMENTS OF VISION”, 1915–1917: Aet
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PART IV - LIFE'S DECLINE
pp 181-182
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CHAPTER XV - REFLECTIONS ON POETRY, 1918: Aet. 77–78
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CHAPTER XVI - POETICAL QUESTIONS: AND MELLSTOCK CLUB-ROOM, 1918-1919: Aet. 78–79
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CHAPTER XVII - “THE DYNASTS” AT OXFORD; HON. DEGREE; A DEPUTATION; A CONTROVERSY, 1920: Aet. 79–80
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CHAPTER XVIII - SOME FAREWELLS, 1921-1925: Aet. 80–85
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CHAPTER XIX - THE LAST SCENE
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APPENDIX I
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APPENDIX II
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APPENDIX III
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INDEX
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