Jude The Obscure: Thomas Hardy (Everyman's Library CLASSICS)

Hardy, Thomas

ISBN 10: 1857151151 / ISBN 13: 9781857151152

Editore: Everyman, 1992

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Riassunto:

l'ultimo romanzo di hardy è la storia di un giovane lavoratore distrutto dalla parziale realizzazione dei suoi sogni. è combattuto tra i suoi desideri per la vita del corpo e la vita della mente, rappresentata da due donne: la volgare ma lucente arabella e la raffinata e frigida sue.

Informazioni sull?autore: Thomas Hardy was born on 2 June 1840. His father was a stonemason. He was brought up near Dorchester and trained as an architect. In 1868 his work took him to St Juliot's church in Cornwall where he met his wife-to-be, Emma. His first novel, The Poor Man and the Lady, was rejected by publishers but Desperate Remedies was published in 1871 and this was rapidly followed by Under the Greenwood Tree (1872), A Pair of Blue Eyes (1873) and Far from the Madding Crowd (1874). He also wrote many other novels, poems and short stories. Tess of the D'Urbervilles was published in 1891. His final novel was Jude the Obscure (1895). Hardy was awarded the Order of Merit in 1920 and the gold medal of the Royal Society of Literature in 1912. His wife died in 1912 and he later married his secretary. Thomas Hardy died 11 January 1928.

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Titolo: Jude The Obscure: Thomas Hardy (Everyman's ...
Casa editrice: Everyman
Data di pubblicazione: 1992
Legatura: Rilegato
Condizione: Good