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 1543071309
- ISBN13 9781543071306
- Publish Date 12 February 2017 (first published December 1952)
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Edition Special Edition
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 318
- Language English