Hardy Women - Mother, Sisters, Wives, Muses

This is a feminist literary biography by the much-acclaimed and bestselling Paula Bryne. Thomas Hardy, one of the most well-known writers ever, was historically horrible to the women in his life (specifically his two wives). This is a raw unsentimental look at his life and work, and, crucially, at his relationship to women. By viewing the man through the eyes of the strong woman who formed him and who inspired some of the greatest female heroines in literature, Hardy’s Women will provide a unique angle on one of the greatest writers to have lived. ‘The doll of fiction must be demolished’, he wrote. But the women in his life paid a large price for his vision.