HARDY FORUM ARCHIVE H01064 7/18/01 "HOLIDAY READING FOR HARDY COUNTRY" ======================================================================== Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 04:02:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Andrew Hewitt Subject: Hardy for Holiday-makers A friend has bought a house in Dorset (near Corfe) to let out as a holiday cottage and would like to stock it with a few well-chosen books about the area. I have offered to supply 2-3 Hardy titles and would welcome the group's suggestions as to which titles (and which editions for that matter) would be most fit for purpose? A slightly daft, but diverting task, I hope! Best wishes Andrew Hewitt ========== Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 08:40:07 -0400 Subject: Re: Hardy for Holiday-makers at Corfe Castle From: "Philip & Andrea Allingham" I assume that you mentioned Macmillan's New Wessex edition of *The Hand of Ethelberta*, which of course has a significant scene at Corfe Castle? ========== From: "schweik" iday-makers X-Mailer: WebMAIL to Mail Gateway v2.0t Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 13:06:07 GMT Of the editions of *The Hand of Ethelberta* with which I'm most familiar--Gittings' New Wessex (1975), Dolin's Penguin (1996) and Toru Sasaki's Everyman Library (1998-- I'd vote for Sasaki's as having the most balanced and judicious introduction as well as a splendidly annotated text. Bob Schweik ========== Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 09:02:43 -0500 From: "John P. Farrell" Subject: Hardy for Holiday-makers While written on the assumption (reasonable enough) that the user will be familiar with the literary material, Anne-Marie Edwards, In the Steps of Thomas Hardy is invaluable for its precise directions and map details for walkers and hikers. Rev ed. 1995, Countryside Books, Newbury, Berks) Prof. John P. Farrell Department of English University of Texas Austin 78712 512-471-8755 jackfar@mail.utexas.edu ========== Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 10:25:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Jason Allen Subject: Re: Hardy for Holiday-makers X D.H. Laurence's Sons and Lovers is very Hardy-esqe if your are looking to compliment the other Hardy books there. J. ========== From: "Jaimes, Eric" Subject: RE: Hardy for Holiday-makers Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 10:54:30 -0400 My choices would be: 1) The Return of the Native 2) Far From the Madding Crowd 3) The Mayor of Castorbridge I have some beautiful hardcover copies, I forget the publisher though. They're out there. I would suggest your friend get 4 books, and include Tess on the list as well. Best, Eric ========== From: "Patricia" Subject: Re: Hardy for Holiday-makers Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 16:45:18 +0100 Two excellent guide books are by Hermann Lea and edited by Gregory Stevens Cox, called 'The Hardy Guides', published by Penguin in two volumes. Quoted as being 'The original guide to the West Country' and 'approved by Thomas Hardy'. They are very comprehensive, have old photographs and I find them fascinating. Hope this is useful. Patricia ========== From: "schweik" Subject: Re: Hardy for Holiday-makers Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 16:16:57 GMT For books on Wessex, I'd suggest Desmond Hawkins' *Hardy's Wessex* (1983) and Denys Kay-Robinson's *Hardy's Wessex Re-Appraised* (1972. In fact, any of the books by Desmond Hawkins on Hardy country will be sure to delight. Bob Schweik ========== Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 18:06:49 +0100 (BST) From: Michael Day Subject: Re: Hardy for Holiday-makers These volumes were published in 1986 and are quite hard to find in bookstores. There were, however, a few copies in the Tourist Information Office in Dorchester just a couple of months ago. An alternative would be to look for a second-hand copy of Lea's original "Thomas Hardy's Wessex," first published by Macmillan in 1913, but reprinted several times. Michael Day * Research Officer, UKOLN The UK Office for Library and Information * * Networking, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY. * * Tel. +44 (0)1225 323923 Fax +44 (0)1225 826838 * ========== Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:35:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Andrew Hewitt Subject: Re: Hardy for Holiday-makers Thank you all for your inspiring suggestions. With best wishes to you all for the holidays. Andrew Hewitt ==========