HARDY (Thomas, 1840-1928, Novelist & Poet)

Fine Typed Letter Signed 'T. Hardy' to Geoffrey Lepage saying that he appreciates "the request you make in your letter of 26th. Unfortunately I am compelled to reply that it is quite beyond my physical powers nowadays to read and estimate the respective merits of any pieces of modern fiction by young writers, as Adjudicator of the Magazine Prize even supposing I were capable in other ways. I trust you may discover a fit person for the decision and am, Yours truly ...", 1 side oblong 8vo., Max Gate, Dorchester headed paper, together with a photograph from a magazine, 28th September

In 1898 Hardy published his first volume of poetry, Wessex Poems, a collection of poems written over 30 years. Hardy claimed poetry as his first love, and after a great amount of negative criticism erupted from the publication of his novel Jude The Obscure, Hardy decided to give up writing novels permanently and to focus his literary efforts on writing poetry. Hardy continued to publish poetry collections until his death in 1928. Although he did publish one last novel in 1897, that novel, The Well-Beloved, had actually been written prior to Jude the Obscure. In 1923 he published Late Lyrics and Earlier with Many Other Verses

Item Date:  1923

Stock No:  36326     

                


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