Max Gate
Subtitle: a novel
By: Damien Wilkins
Publisher: Aardvark Bureau
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9781910709139
Subjects: Max Gate (Dorchester, England); Fiction; English Authors
Description: "1928. As Thomas Hardy lies on his death bed at his Dorset home, Max Gate, a tug-of-war is taking place over his legacy ... and the eventual fate of his mortal remains. What counts for more: the wishes of his family and dutiful second wife, Florence? the opinion of his literary friends? Hardy's own express desires? or 'the will of the nation'? Narrated with wit and brutal honesty by housemaid Nellie Titterington, Max Gate is both an entertaining insight into the eccentricities of a writer's life, and a raw, intriguing tale of torn loyalty, ownership and jealousy"--
Notes: "First published by Victoria University Press, New Zealand, 2013"--Title page verso.