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1 de abr. de 2020 · Florence Dugdale wrote to her friend describing her love of Hardy Credit: Ian Nicol/PA “Perhaps you have read, if you have the English papers, that I am now the proud and very happy wife of the ...
2 de abr. de 2020 · In the three letters, Florence writes about how her marriage is a “genuine love match” and how her husband is “one of the kindest, most humane men in the world”. They were written to Harold Barlow, whom Florence had taught. They had been kept by Harold’s daughter, Josephine Barlow, and were discovered by his grandsons Ian and Colin Nicol.
Ian recently passed the letters to Professor Angelique Richardson, from the University of Exeter, who is leading the Hardy’s Correspondents Project, where letters written to Hardy are being digitised and put on a website for people to read. The first letter was sent to Harold on February 10, 1914, not long after Florence’s marriage to Hardy.
Dugdale was born in Edmonton, London, the daughter of school headmaster Edward Dugdale. Education Florence attended National Infants School in Enfield for two years until 1886, when she went to Street Andrew"s Girls School. Career From 1895 onwards Florence"s life would be centred on her teaching.
Once you know about Hardy’s life, it’s easy to see the things he was working through in his writing. Two women were deeply important to his life and work: his first wife Emma Gifford, and his second wife Florence Dugdale.
Florence Emily Hardy (née Dugdale) (1879-1937), Writer; second wife of Thomas Hardy. Sitter in 1 portrait. Like. List Thumbnail. Sort by. Florence Emily Hardy (née Dugdale) by Rodway Gardner. print, 1910s.
Abstract. In August 1905 Hardy had received a letter from an unknown woman who wished to see him. She had probably expressed admiration of his work and introduced herself as an aspiring writer who had contributed frequently to her local newspaper. Hardy was won by her assurance that she would not take advantage of the interview by publishing an ...
