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MACMILLAN AUTHOR CHRONOLOGIES

General Editor: Norman Page, Professor of Modern English Literature, University of Nottingham

Reginald Berry

A POPE CHRONOLOGY

Edward Bishop

A VIRGINIA WOOLF CHRONOLOGY

Timothy Hands

A GEORGE ELIOT CHRONOLOGY A HARDY CHRONOLOGY

Harold Orel

A KIPLING CHRONOLOGY

Norman Page

A BYRON CHRONOLOGY A DICKENS CHRONOLOGY A DR JOHNSON CHRONOLOGY AN OSCAR WILDE CHRONOLOGY

F. B. Pinion

A WORDSWORTH CHRONOLOGY A TENNYSON CHRONOLOGY R. C. Terry A TROLLOPE CHRONOLOGY

A Hardy Chronology TIMOTHY HANDS

© Timothy Hands 1992 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1992 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London WIP9HE. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. First published 1992 by THE MACMILLAN PRESS LTD Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 2XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world ISBN 978-1-349-10032-3 ISBN 978-1-349-10030-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-10030-9 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. 8765432 02 01 00 99 98 97 96

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Contents General Editor's Preface

ix

Preface

xi

List of Abbreviations

xiii

A HARDY CHRONOLOGY

1

Principal Sources Consulted

207

Index

208

vii

General Editor's Preface Most biographies are ill adapted to serve as works of reference - not surprisingly so, since the biographer is likely to regard his function as the devising of a continuous and readable narrative, with excursions into interpretation and speculation, rather than a bald recital of facts. There are times, however, when anyone reading for business or pleasure needs to check a point quickly or to obtain a rapid overview of part of an author's life or career; and at such moments turning over the pages of a biography can be a time-consuming and frustrating occupation. The present series of volumes aims at providing a means whereby the chronological facts of an aut