HARDY FORUM ARCHIVE H03061 7/28/03 "MOLLY LEFEBURE BOOK ON HARDY"
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Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 10:34:26 -0700
From: Betty Cortus <hardycor@owl.csusm.edu>
Subject: Lefebure Book


Dear Hardydans,
Are any of you familiar with Molly Lefebure's book _Thomas Hardy's World:
The Life, Work and Times of the Great Novelist and Poet._ (Knicherbocker
Press, 1997)?
I found a used copy for sale at my local branch library (Oceanside,
California) for $3. I have only had time to glance at the text, but it
seems to be quite a good overview of Hardy's life, accompanying many events
with lines from the poems. It differs from other biographies in that it
has a great deal of interesting material on life in general, contemporary
issues etc., in the nineteenth century.
Where it excels, however, is in its illustrations. It contains a number of
Hardy-related photos I haven't seen before, illustrations from the serial
versions of the novels, photos from films, and many lovely drawings and
paintings. While it doesn't attempt to compete with a scholarly biography
such as Millgate's, it is a beautiful coffee-table book, and would make a
nice introduction for anyone new to Hardy.

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Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 14:09:51 -0400
From: Shannon Rogers <srogers@mailhost.sju.edu>
Subject: Fwd: Lefebure Book


Oh, Betty, I can't resist---wouldn't you just love to write a review of it
for the
Revews Page? ;)

Cheers,
Shannon

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Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 09:38:36 +0100
From: David Herrick <David.Herrick@bristol.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Lefebure Book


Hi,

I picked up a copy of this several years ago from a remaindered bookshop in
Bath. It's certainly well illustrated - I remember being struck by the
number of illustrations from the films. I can't remember now if I ever
read the text thoroughly!

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Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 23:04:39 -0400
From: Robert Schweik <schweikr@localnet.com>
Subject: Re: Fwd: Lefebure Book


And, dear Betty, may I have a full bibliographic citation for inclusion of
that
volume in the "Miscellaneous Earlier Publications" section of the TTHA
Checklist?

Bob Schweik

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