Winter

The new novel from the author of the Costa Best Novel shortlisted The Elephant Keeper In the winter of 1924 the most celebrated English writer of the day, 84 year old Thomas Hardy, was living at his Dorset home of Max Gate with his second wife, Florence Aged 45 but in poor health, Florence came to suspect that Hardy was in the grip of a romantic infatuation The woman in question was a beautiful local actress, 27 year old Gertrude Bugler, who was playing Tess in the first dramatic adaptation of Hardy s most famous novel, Tess of the d Urbervilles Inspired by these events, Winter is a brilliantly realised portrait of an old man and his imaginative life the life that has brought him fame and wealth, but that condemns him to living lives he can t hope to lead, and reliving those he thought he once led It is also, though, about the women who now surround him the middle aged, childless woman who thought she would find happiness as his handmaiden and the young actress, with her youthful ambitions and desires, who came between them. Best Download Winter [ By ] Christopher Nicholson [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr A door of the house opened, and out stepped an old man, who stood motionless on the gravel drive From a distance, he seemed less a living human being than a spectre who had temporarily chosen to haunt the spot where he had once lived The textures of the fog drained the substance from him so thoroughly that it might not have been surprising had he faded entirely from view With him, and equally ghostly, was a dog, a white terrier The old man, and thus is he referred to throughout this novel,A door of the house opened, and out stepped an old man, who stood motionless on the gravel drive From a distance, he seemed less a living human being than a spectre who had temporarily chosen to haunt the spot where he had once lived The textures of the fog drained the substance from him so thoroughly that it might not have been surprising had he faded entirely from view With him, and equally ghostly, was a dog, a white terrier The old man, and thus is he referred to throughout this novel, is the eighty four year old Thomas Hardy Set in his ways, he follows a strict routine and spends much of his day writing Sharing his life are Florence his wife and Wessex or Wessie the dog.But beneath this apparent simplicity there is a triangle of tensions Hardy favours Gertrude Gertie Bugler for his stage adaptation of Tess of the d Urbervilles Gertie reminds him of the beautiful milkmaid he had seen many years before and who had in fact inspired his vision ...3.5 This is not an action packed novel, no car chases, murders or huge emotional scenes This is a quiet, soulful look at the last years of the writer and poet Thomas Hardy and his second wife.Forty years previously while walking through the country he saw a beautiful dark haired milkmaid who he never met but she often haunted his thoughts He would base the character of Tess on this young girl.Now 84, he is stuck in his routines, no longer writing novels but writing poetry, he lives with his wi 3.5 This is not an action packed novel, n...This is an historical novel about Thomas Hardy, the famous author In this book, Hardy is 84 years old and living in his house in the country, where he has lived for 40 years He is living with his second wife, Florence, who is 40 years younger than him.Hardy becomes besotted with Gertrude Bulger, a 25 year old girl, who plays Tess in a local adaptation of his novel into a play He even writes her love poems, which of course, does not make Florence very happy.At times the writing is very beautif This is an historical novel about Thomas Hardy, the famous author In this book, Hardy is 84 years old and living in his house in the country, where he has lived for 40 ... Inspired by the novel Winter by Christopher Nicholson and dramatised by Sara Davies.The most famous writer of his day is living in chilly seclusion in Dorset with his second wife and former secretary, Florence Between these two frozen hearts comes the talented amateur actress Gertrude Bugler, playing Tess in the first production of Hardy s play, provoking local and national fascination.Florence determines to put a stop to what she sees as H Inspired by the novel Winter by Christopher Nicholson and dramatised by Sara Davies.The most famous writer of his day is living in chilly seclusion in Dorset with his second wife and former secretary, Florence Between these two frozen hearts comes the talented amateur actress Gertrude Bugler, playing Tess in the first production of Hardy s play, provoking local and national fascination.Florence determines to put a stop to what she sees as Hardy s ludicrous infatuation with the young woman Gertie is caught in the middle, longing to play Tess on the London stage.Florence Hardy often found herself dealing with the many journalists and admirers who wanted access to her celebrated husband Caught off guard, Thomas has agreed to be the subject of a fly on the wall documentary, but he hands the interviewer on to his wife, who revealsthan she intends about her husband s fascination with Gertrude.Vibrant performances and a sensitive, unusual treatment bring new light to a story that c...A perfect novel about a few months of Thomas Hardy s later life On the surface it s the story of a rather odd love triangle the octogenarian Hardy was infatuated with Gertrude Bugler, a local Dorset actress and daughter of a dark haired milkmaid who had bewitched him decades earlier who had agreed to play Tess on the London stage his neurotic second wife, Florence, got wind of his feelings and jealously decided to sabotage Gertie Underneath, I found this to be a deeply moving book about fe A perfect novel about a few months of Thomas Hardy s later life On the surface it s the story of a rather odd love triangle the octogenarian Hardy was infatuated...This quiet, well crafted novel focuses tightly on an episode in the winter of Thomas Hardy s life, three years before his death in 1928 at the age of eighty seven Although he had given up writing fiction by this point, Hardy was involved in the staging of dramatized versions of some of his novels by a local acting troupe in Dorchester, the Hardy Players The novel explores Hardy s relationship with the troupe s leading lady, the beautiful and charismatic though uneuphoniously named Gertrude B This quiet, well crafted novel focuses tightly on an episode i...Drawing heavily on what is known about Thomas Hardy s later years and the first production of the play Tess Christopher Nicholson has written a novel that explores many of themes which might have interested Hardy himself I am a little nervous perhaps, of novels written about real people and I don t mean historical figures from so far away a time as to make them almost fictional like anyway is that just me but those people who lived in times not so...In WINTER, Christopher Nicholson explores a brief period in author Thomas Hardy s 85th year, when he was infatuated with the young Dorset woman, Gertrude Bugler, who had played Tess in the local Hardy players dramatic version of the famous writer s favourite novel As Nicholson s book opens, Hardy is offering Gertrude the role of Tess in the London Haymarket Theatre production of the play Nicholson also gives us scenes of Hardy reflecting on his life, his approaching death, his first marriage In WINTER, Christopher Nicholson explores a brief period in author Thomas Hardy s 85th year, when he was infatuated with the young Dorset woman, Gertrude Bugler, who had played Tess in the local Hardy players dramatic version of the famous writer s favourite novel As Nicholson s book opens, Hardy is offering Gertrude the role of Tess in the London Haymarket Theatre production of the play Nicholson also gives us scenes of...Hardy at Midnight Or if the secret ministry of frostShall hang them up in silent icicles,Quietly shining to the quiet Moon.Towards the end of this elegiac novel by Christopher Nicholson, the aged Thomas Hardy reads one of his favorite poems, Coleridge s Frost at Midnight, whose closing lines I quote above It is an appropriate image The author, now 84, has his novels and most of his poetry behind him, although he will publish onecollection, the aptly named Winter Words He spends the w Hardy at Midnight Or if the secret ministry of frostShall hang them up in silent icicles,Quietly shining to the quiet Moon.Towards the end of this elegiac novel by Christopher Nicholson, the aged Thomas Hardy reads one of his favorite poems, Coleridge s Frost at Midnight, whose closing lines I quote above It is an appropriate image The author, now 84, has his novels and most of his poetry behind him, although he will publish onecollection, the aptly named Winter Words He spends the winter of his life mainly thinking back on the past, on the changes that have come to his beloved Wessex, and the people whom he might have loved passing by on the other side of life s road He lives in a kind of freeze himself, sitting alone in the study in his big gloomy house, unable to give his much younger second wife Florence the love she needs Coleridge s silent ...Thomas Hardy had a very particular view of marriage he was married twice and in neither case very happily It is a common joke among Hardy enthusiasts that Hardy s idea of a good wife was a dead wife He had a troubled relationship with his first wife, Emma Gifford, but her death inspired him to write a volume of beautiful love poetry, much to the annoyance of his second wife Thirty nine years his junior, Florence was a volatile and jealous woman when it came to Hardy s interest in other women Thomas Hardy had a very particular view of marriage he was married twice and in neither case very happily It is a common joke among Hardy enthusiasts that Hardy s idea of a good wife was a dead wife He had a troubled relationship with his first wife, Emma Gifford, but her death inspired him to write a volume of beautiful love poetry, much to the annoyance of h...

• English
• 08 August 2018
Christopher Nicholson
• Hardcover
• 247 pages
• 000751607X
• Christopher Nicholson
• Winter