This novel is of special interest because of the strong autobiographical parallels between the characters and circumstances of Stephen Smith and Elfride Swancourt and those of Hardy and his first wife Emma Gifford. This was the third of Hardy's novels to be published and the first to bear his name.
- ISBN10 1078396361
- ISBN13 9781078396363
- Publish Date 7 July 2019 (first published December 1952)
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint Independently Published
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 420
- Language English