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MS 684 01 01 03

Reference code

MS 684 01 01 03

Title

Thomas Hardy collection: Autograph manuscript of 'He Fears His Good-Fortune'

Level

Item

Date

[1913-1916?]

Extent & medium

1 manuscript

Content description

Autograph manuscript of "He Fears His Good-Fortune", drafted in black ink with copious autograph revisions. It is inscribed "First rough Draft" at top. 1 page, 4to with pinholes. The poem was first printed in Moments of Vision (1917), the only other recorded manuscript of it being that in the manuscript of this collection in Magdalene College, Cambridge.

Arrangement

In navy cloth slipcase with two other autograph manuscripts: 'Gallant's Song' and 'The Forsaking of the Nest'.
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