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THE TRUMPET MAJOR: A tale
by Hardy, Thomas
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About This Item
London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1880. In three volumes. Pp. vi+296(last blank)+vi+276+vi+260(last blank); pictorial red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt & black, lower boards with double blind ruled border, the cloth slightly soiled and rubbed, edges lightly worn, the corners bruised, spines darkened and gilt slightly dulled; top edges uncut; later endpapers, initial stamp on title pages, a few tiny edge splits or chips, a little faint foxing and creasing, slight bleeding of cloth colour onto fore-edge of Contents page Volume I, scattered soiling; Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1880. First edition, primary binding. Purdy p. 31; Sadleir 1115. *Novel set during the Napoleonic wars; originally published in monthly instalments in Good Words, from January to December 1880.
Synopsis
Thomas Hardy was born on June 2, 1840. In his writing, he immortalized the site of his birth—Egdon Heath, in Dorset, near Dorchester. Delicate as a child, he was taught at home by his mother before he attended grammar school. At sixteen, Hardy was apprenticed to an architect, and for many years, architecture was his profession; in his spare time, he pursued his first and last literary love, poetry. Finally convinced that he could earn his living as an author, he retired from architecture, married, and devoted himself to writing. An extremely productive novelist, Hardy published an important book every year or two. In 1896, disturbed by the public outcry over the unconventional subjects of his two greatest novels— Tess of the D’Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure —he announced that he was giving up fiction and afterward produced only poetry. In later years, he received many honors. He died on January 11, 1928, and was buried in Poet’s Corner, in Westminster Abbey. It was as a poet that he wished to be remembered, but today critics regard his novels as his most memorable contribution to English literature for their psychological insight, decisive delineation of character, and profound presentation of tragedy.
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- Bookseller
- Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 116416
- Title
- THE TRUMPET MAJOR: A tale
- Author
- Hardy, Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Smith, Elder and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1880
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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