Trumpet Major by Thomas Hardy

Trumpet Major by Thomas Hardy

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Thomas Hardy distrusted 19th-century efforts to systematize history, and in this book he presents the human qualities of desire and conflicting loyalties which he saw as constantly undermining such attempts. This edition, based on the novel's manuscript, restores Hardy's original punctuation.

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Trumpet Major by Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy distrusted nineteenth-century efforts to systematize history, believing the human qualities of desire and conflicting loyalties undermined such attempts. Thus, although he set the courtship of Anne Garland by her three suitors against the larger-than-life backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, he considered his characters' loves and sorrows to be as much the material of history as any record of emperors and generals. This edition is the only one to be based on the novel's manuscript. It restores Hardy's original punctuation and removes the bowdlerisms forced upon him by the editor of the magazine in which it first appeared. This book is intended for students of Hardy, Victorian fiction, general readers.
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ISBN 13 9780192827180
ISBN 10 0192827189
Title Trumpet Major
Author Thomas Hardy
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Oxford University Press
Year published 1991-06-01
Number of pages 410
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.