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Showing 51 to 60 of 364 references, ordered by Reference number (ascending)
Reference No. 55: ""She is seen dancing on the green in her white dress in Spring.""
| Quotation: | "She is seen dancing on the green in her white dress in Spring." |
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| Author: | Claire Tomalin |
| Biography Title: | Thomas Hardy: The Time-Torn Man |
| Page No.: | 226 |
| First Published: | n/a |
| Clothing categories: | Dress; |
| Accessories: | |
| Colours: | White |
Reference No. 56: "Hardy had "always admired the Bathsheba side of Emma, wonderfully displayed when, at the age of f..."
| Quotation: | Hardy had "always admired the Bathsheba side of Emma, wonderfully displayed when, at the age of fifty-five, she learnt to ride a bicycle, which was green and known as 'The Grasshopper'. Later she acuired a blue one, with matching blue costume." |
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| Author: | Claire Tomalin |
| Biography Title: | Thomas Hardy The Time-Torn Man |
| Page No.: | 234 |
| First Published: | n/a |
| Clothing categories: | |
| Accessories: | Bicycle, Bicycling suit; |
| Colours: | Green |
Reference No. 57: "Hardy had "always admired the Bathsheba side of Emma, wonderfully displayed when, at the age of f..."
| Quotation: | Hardy had "always admired the Bathsheba side of Emma, wonderfully displayed when, at the age of fifty-five, she learnt to ride a bicycle, which was green and known as 'The Grasshopper'. Later she acuired a blue one, with matching blue costume. |
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| Author: | Claire Tomalin |
| Biography Title: | Thomas Hardy The Time-Torn Man |
| Page No.: | 234 |
| First Published: | n/a |
| Clothing categories: | |
| Accessories: | Bicycle, Bicycling suit; |
| Colours: | Blue |
Reference No. 58: "When in Rome, Emma "went shopping alone and bought a necktie for Henry Hardy.""
| Quotation: | When in Rome, Emma "went shopping alone and bought a necktie for Henry Hardy." |
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| Author: | Claire Tomalin |
| Biography Title: | Thomas Hardy The Time-Torn Man |
| Page No.: | 237 |
| First Published: | n/a |
| Clothing categories: | Neckwear; |
| Accessories: | |
| Colours: | n/a |
Reference No. 59: "Description by Hardy's father of the widow Lady Susan O'Brien from Stinsford House where Jemima ..."
| Quotation: | Description by Hardy's father of the widow Lady Susan O'Brien from Stinsford House where Jemima had worked. She had "employed Hardy's grandfather to build the vault in the church for her husband and herself; and where Hardy's father 'when a boy chorister in the gallery of the church used to see her, an old and lonely widow, walking in the garden in a red cloak.' |
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| Author: | Claire Tomalin |
| Biography Title: | Thomas Hardy The Time-Torn Man |
| Page No.: | 243 |
| First Published: | n/a |
| Clothing categories: | Cloak; |
| Accessories: | |
| Colours: | Red |
Reference No. 60: "After he met Florence Henniker and fell in love with her he wrote 'A Thunderstorm in Town' (later..."
| Quotation: | After he met Florence Henniker and fell in love with her he wrote 'A Thunderstorm in Town' (later subtitled 'A Reminiscence: 1893') The poem begins "She wore a new 'terra-cotta dress,'. |
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| Author: | Claire Tomalin |
| Biography Title: | Thomas Hardy The Time-Torn Man |
| Page No.: | 247 |
| First Published: | n/a |
| Clothing categories: | Dress; |
| Accessories: | |
| Colours: | Terra-cotta |
Reference No. 61: "Hardy "shows Jude looking through his straw hat as the sun shimes through it and thinking 'if onl..."
| Quotation: | Hardy "shows Jude looking through his straw hat as the sun shimes through it and thinking 'if only he could prevent himself growing up! He did not want to be a man." |
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| Author: | Claire Tomalin |
| Biography Title: | Thomas Hardy The Time-Torn Man |
| Page No.: | 258 |
| First Published: | n/a |
| Clothing categories: | Straw Hat; |
| Accessories: | |
| Colours: | n/a |
Reference No. 62: "About Hardy writing poetry. "If he was in his study, he would be sitting in his socks, his boots ..."
| Quotation: | About Hardy writing poetry. "If he was in his study, he would be sitting in his socks, his boots or slippers always removed 'as a preliminary to writing'... He kept a neat desk, and a finished poem would be put carefully aside to be reconsidered. Then slippers on again, he could go downstairs for a cup of tea and a slice of cake with Emma, before returning with renewed energy to pursue his life." |
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| Author: | Claire Tomalin |
| Biography Title: | Thomas Hardy The Time-Torn Man |
| Page No.: | 262 |
| First Published: | n/a |
| Clothing categories: | Slipper; |
| Accessories: | Socks; |
| Colours: | n/a |
Reference No. 63: "While Hardy "admired-even adored-the elegance of Mrs Henniker and Agnes Grove, and delighted in t..."
| Quotation: | While Hardy "admired-even adored-the elegance of Mrs Henniker and Agnes Grove, and delighted in their crisp worldly conversation, they did not make him despise Emma's muslins and ribbons and hats like collapsing birthday cakes." |
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| Author: | Claire Tomalin |
| Biography Title: | Thomas Hardy The Time-Torn Man |
| Page No.: | 267 |
| First Published: | n/a |
| Clothing categories: | Dress; Hat; |
| Accessories: | Ribbons; |
| Colours: | n/a |
Reference No. 64: "Description of a young Jemima Hardy by her great niece. "When Jemima Hardy entertained at Bockham..."
| Quotation: | Description of a young Jemima Hardy by her great niece. "When Jemima Hardy entertained at Bockhampton, she served tea in the garden...according to one of her brother William Hand's granddaughters, who remembered such an occasion in 1900 and described her great-aunt wearing a tight-fitting bodice of blue satin with tiny buttons down the front." |
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| Author: | Claire Tomalin |
| Biography Title: | Thomas Hardy The Time-Torn Man |
| Page No.: | 287 |
| First Published: | n/a |
| Clothing categories: | Bodice; |
| Accessories: | Buttons; |
| Colours: | Blue |
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