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The Collected Letters of Thomas Hardy: Volume 6: 1920-1925

by (author) Thomas Hardy

edited by Richard Little Purdy & Michael Millgate

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Initial publish date
Apr 1999
Category
English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780198126232
    Publish Date
    Apr 1999
    List Price
    $270.00

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Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) is one of England's greatest novelists. Most of his work is set in his native Dorset, on the south coast of England.

Editorial Reviews

'The editors' annotations, as hitherto, provide the most complete context imaginable, including illuminating references to the subject's correspondents' letters, so often irritatingly absent from such collections' MichaelThorpe, Mount Allison University. English Studies relief to

'The sixth volume of this invaluable edition contains most of the surviving letters Hardy wrote in his eighties. Like its predecessors, this volume is beautifully presented.' Merryn Williams, Notes and Queries

'admiration of the high editorial standards is blended with amazement at the speed with which the project has reached completion' Norman Page, London Review of Books