5/14/2023 0 Comments Thomas hardy the obscure![]() ![]() It was here that Hardy finish his first novel in 1868, The Poor Man and the Lady. Horace, eight years his senior, became Hardy’s best friend and mentor, giving him access to new books and ideas and engaging in intellectual debates with him.Īfter abandoning his hopes at attending a university because of his financial situation and social rank, Hardy moved to London to pursue his architectural career under Arthur Blomfield and steep himself in London’s high culture. Throughout his apprenticeship, however, Hardy maintained his intellectual studies in private, reading Latin and Greek, and he became close with Horace Moule, the precocious son of a local preacher. In 1862, in order to help with the finances, Hardy’s parents apprenticed him to the architect John Hicks. At ten, with the driving will of his mother, Hardy enrolled in a private school in Dorchester where his serious education began (Tomalin 31). Hardy was a frail child with an affinity for animals and music (he played fiddle most of his life) and a passion for reading (Tomalin 19). ![]() ![]() Thomas Hardy was born on Jin Higher Bockhampton in Southwest England to Jemima and Thomas Hardy he was the third Thomas Hardy in as many generations (Tomalin 3). ![]()
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