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    Winter Words
    Winter Words
    Winter Words
    Audiobook2 hours

    Winter Words

    Written by Thomas Hardy

    Narrated by Bruce Alexander and Janet Maw

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    About this audiobook

    This selection of Hardy’s poetry does full justice to its humanity, integrity, humour and evocative power, ranging from charming anthology pieces such as ‘Weathers’ to the great love poems he wrote after the death of his first wife and the meditations on war and philosophy. The poems – nearly eighty in total – are set in the context of his life and thought, including personal writings by him and those closest to him.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNaxos Audiobooks
    Release dateJan 1, 2006
    ISBN9789629546564
    Winter Words
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    Thomas Hardy

    Thomas Hardy was born in 1840 in Dorchester, Dorset. He enrolled as a student in King’s College, London, but never felt at ease there, seeing himself as socially inferior. This preoccupation with society, particularly the declining rural society, featured heavily in Hardy’s novels, with many of his stories set in the fictional county of Wessex. Since his death in 1928, Hardy has been recognised as a significant poet, influencing The Movement poets in the 1950s and 1960s.

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