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Dugdale was companion to Lady Stoker, wife of Sir Thornley Stoker, brother of Bram, author of Dracula. Dugdale first met Thomas Hardy in 1905 when she was age 26. She became his passionate friend and helper, and stopped teaching in 1908; both to assist Hardy and to begin her writing career.
Apr 1, 2020 · Ian Nicol reading the Thomas Hardy letters (Bridget Nicol/PA) But his marriage to Florence Dugdale has received less attention. In the three letters to a former student, Harold Barlow, the children’s author and teacher writes that her marriage is a “genuine love match” and her husband is “one of the kindest, most humane men in the world”.
Hardy and his second wife, Florence (Dugdale), 1914 ( Millgate )
Apr 1, 2020 · Newly discovered letters from novelist Thomas Hardy's second wife have offered a glimpse of their home life in Dorset. In the correspondence, the children's author and teacher Florence...
Apr 2, 2020 · Florence, who was a children’s writer as well as a teacher, had been introduced to Hardy late in 1905. By 1910 she was typing up a novella, “The Maid on the Shore”, by Hardy’s first wife, Emma Lavinia Gifford.
Florence, who was a children’s writer as well as a teacher, had been introduced to Hardy late in 1905. By 1910 she was typing up a novella, The Maid on the Shore, by Hardy’s first wife, Emma Lavinia Gifford. Emma had also written The Inspirer, about a woman who inspired her husband’s novels.
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Apr 1, 2020 · Florence Dugdale detailed her marriage to Hardy and later her feelings of loss after his death. Newly discovered letters show Thomas Hardy’s second wife’s joy and happiness at her marriage and her sadness and loneliness after his death.
