Thomas Hardy in London: Mark Ford and Seamus Perry

Mark Ford talks about his latest book, 'Thomas Hardy: Half a Londoner' with Seamus Perry.
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[@rhonataylor85]

I think Mark overstates Hardy’s “low” social origins. He came from the skilled artisan/small business owner class. His father was an employer of men and a talented musician. Both his sisters became teachers - one a headmistress. In the finely-differentiated Victorian scale he was certainly not”very poor” or indeed a peasant.

[@purpledanny1958]

Mark is such an eloquent, erudite and exact speaker! Remarkable!

[@iestynovich]

Um...er...um...erm....er...you must be listening to another Mark here.

[@dereksamueldani4762]

Productive project .

[@martinkennedy2400]

...what self-indulgence and self-importance thus London literati

[@xaviercrain7336]

Does Tooting ever get a good wrap…Hardy and Christie