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Author:
Thomas Hardy
Biography Title:
The Life and Work of Thomas Hardy
Page No.:
20
Researcher:
Jane Hugen-Tobler
Publisher:
The Macmillan Press Ltd
First Published:
n/a
Person:
Thomas Hardy
Clothing:
Hat;
Colours:
n/a
Material:
n/a
Quotation:
[I, 1840-48] Thomas Hardy (as a child):"was lying on his back in the sun, thinking how useless he was, and covered his face with his straw hat. The sun's rays streamed through the interstices of the straw, the lining having disappeared. Reflecting on his experiences of the world so far as he had got, he came to the conclusion that he did not wish to grow up."
Notes:
When he related these feelings to his mother she was hurt.