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Thomas Hardy: The Time-Torn Man.(Brief article)(Book review)

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From: Biography
Date: 20070101
Author:Freedman, Adele

Hardy, Thomas Thomas Hardy: The Time-Torn Man. Claire Tomalin. London: Penguin/ Viking, 2006. 486 pp. $27.00.

"Tomalin is a woman of letters reputed for seven biographies about literary and artistic men and women.... You read her not just for information about cultural worthies of previous ages, but to experience her intellect and artistry. ... Wondering about the bleak novels, Tomalin mentions that 'neither Hardy nor anyone else has explained where his black view of life came from.' Her understanding is that 'something in his constitution made him extraordinarily sensitive ...

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