Thomas Hardy

Paradox ruled Thomas Hardy's life. His birth was almost his death; he became one of the great Victorian novelists and reinvented himself as one of the twentieth-century's greatest poets; he was an unhappy husband and a desolate widower; he wrote bitter attacks on the English class system yet prized the friendship of aristocrats.

Paradoxul a condus viata lui Thomas Hardy. Nasterea lui a fost aproape moartea lui; a devenit unul dintre marii romancieri victoriani si s-a reinventat ca unul dintre cei mai mari poeti ai secolului XX; era un sot nefericit si un vaduv pustiu; el a scris atacuri amare asupra sistemului de clasa englezesc, dar a apreciat prietenia aristocratilor.