num_pages: 7
description: This seminal biography, by Claire Tomalin, covers Hardy's illegitimate birth, his rural upbringing, his escape to London in the 1860s, his marriages, his status as a best-selling novelist, and in later life, his supreme achievements as a poet.
language: English
title: Thomas Hardy: The Time-Torn Man
titlecomplete: Thomas Hardy: The Time-Torn Man
genres: Biography, Books About Books, Poetry, British Literature, Nonfiction, Literature, 19th Century, Biography Memoir, History, Victorian
ratings_count: 1643
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Biography
publisher: Penguin Audio UK