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What sprang from the gloom; BIOGRAPHY: Claire Tomalin traces the life and loves of Thomas Hardy, who even as he dared to take on the aristocrats in his poetry and fiction eventually earned his place among them.(ENTERTAINMENT)

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From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
Date: 20070114
Author:Bailey, Katherine

Byline: Katherine Bailey

Special to the Star Tribune

British literary scholar Claire Tomalin established a reputation as an insightful biographer with books on Samuel Pepys and Jane Austen. Now she gives us a masterful portrait of Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), focusing on his novels and poetry in the context of his life. Set in Dorset (a-k-a Wessex), a rural region of southwestern England, Hardy's fiction lyrically depicts the beauty of the countryside while at the same time conveying its gloom and melancholy. "He portrays," writes Tomalin, "the dullness of provincial towns ...

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