Paula Byrne offers a fresh perspective on Hardy’s life, exploring it through the lens of the women who shaped him
Friday 30th May 2025
Starts 18:00 until 19:00
Dorset Museum, High West Street, Dorchester DT1 1XA

Lecture by Paula Byrne on her biography - Hardy Women: Mother, Sisters, Wives, Muses

Date: Friday 30 May 2025

Time: 6:00pm

Location: The Victorian Gallery, Dorset Museum

Ticket Prices:

Standard Adult - £20
DHNAS Member - £18
Thomas Hardy Society Member - £18
Student - £10

*Ticket price to include a glass of wine

BOOK DIRECT with Dorset Museum & Art Gallery

Event in partnership with Dorset Museum

Mark Chutter, THS Chairman & Academic Director, will introduce Paula Byrne and lead a Q&A session afterwards.

In this highly innovative book, acclaimed biographer Paula Byrne offers a fresh perspective on Hardy’s life, exploring it through the lens of the women who shaped him—his formidable mother, devoted sisters, first loves, long-suffering wives, and inspiring muses. Through their eyes, we see the man behind the novels, a figure both enthralled by and at odds with the women around him.

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