Elegiac poems Hardy wrote after his wife Emma’s death—intimate grief, memory, and lost love.
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Elegiac poems Hardy wrote after his wife Emma’s death—intimate grief, memory, and lost love.
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'Woman much missed, how you call to me, call to me...' After the death of his wife Emma, a grief-stricken Hardy wrote some of the best verse of his career. Moving and evocative, it ranks among the greatest elegiac poetry in the language. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian...
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Sexual content
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Romantic longing and courtship memories; no sexual content
Violence & gore
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No violence or gore present
Profanity
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No profanity present
Substance use
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No substance use depicted
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQIA+ representation present
Religious content
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Passing references to God, afterlife, and churchyard settings
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
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Spectral voice and ghostly presence of the deceased wife
Political content
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No political or ideological content present
Self-harm / suicide
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No self-harm or suicide content present
Abuse & suffering
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Marital estrangement, regret, and emotional suffering after loss
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