{"product_id":"9780241963289","title":"Thomas Hardy : The Time-torn Man","description":"\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSue says about Thomas Hardy : The Time-torn Man: \"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eA fantastic biography of Thomas Hardy, quoting from both his poetry and novels and setting them against the backdrop of his life.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe seminal biography of a great poet, novelist and sacred figure in English writing, Thomas Hardy, from bestselling author Clare Tomalin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParadox 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the hands of Whitbread Award-winning biographer Claire Tomalin, author of the bestselling Charles Dickens: A Life and The Invisible Woman, Thomas Hardy comes vividly alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Tomalin, Claire\u003cbr\u003eBiography: literary\u003cbr\u003ePublished on 21 June 2012 by Penguin Books Ltd in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 528 pages\u003cbr\u003e198 x 133 x 33 | 370g\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tomalin, Claire","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58976959463798,"sku":"9780241963289","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0362\/8423\/5908\/files\/9780241963289.jpg?v=1791886437","url":"https:\/\/haslemerebookshop.co.uk\/products\/9780241963289","provider":"The Haslemere Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}