Thomas Hardy: Interviews and Recollections

by James Gibson (Editor)

A retired scholar of Victorian and modern literature in general and of Hardy (1840-1928) in particular, Gibson has assembled not only the well known interviews with the writer by such luminaries as Virginia Woolf, Robert Graves, and T. E. Lawrence, but also accounts of over a hundred lesser known people of their meetings with him. They are arranged in chronological chapters, covering his first 30 years of obscurity, the two decades of fame as a novelist, and the final years of veneration as a poet. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

252 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Rachel · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great book on interviews and recollections of various reporters, friends, authors, employees and artists who visited Max Gate through the years. What is amazing in a historical sense is that the majority of people described Hardy the same: a small bird of a man who was happy, modest and completely unaware of his fame. In fact, he was always shocked when someone admitted they read one of his books. This was a delightful read, and I feel that I know Hardy more because of it.