This novel, set in the third decade of the nineteenth century, concerns an incident in the life of a poet who for twenty years fought passionately for the betterment of mankind. Now he is too liberal for the proper, prosperous England of his day and he is alienated from the society in which he had been accustomed to move. Exhausted emotionally and bruised from the shabby treatment he has received, he finds happiness for one summer in the company of Lady Clara Hunting and her two daughters, Allegra and Penserosa. Unfortunately the materialistic, cold world intervenes in the person of Mr. Hodge. After a sharp, brief clash, Mr. Hazard's summer ends--a summer of delicate and rare perfection against a background of dying hopes and lost causes. But Mr. Hazard has a memory to cherish.
- ISBN10 0897331133
- ISBN13 9780897331135
- Publish Date 1 December 2004
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 3 September 2008
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Academy Chicago Publishers
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 270
- Language English