Sketch map of The Wessex of the Novels of Thomas Hardy, by Edward Stanford 1906

Sketch map of The Wessex of the Novels of Thomas Hardy, by Edward Stanford 1906

Product SKU: P-6-108690

Price £22.00

'The Wessex of the Novels' by Stanford, London (1906). Antique sketch map, 10.5 x 16.5cm, 4 x 6.25 inches

CAPTION PRINTED BELOW PICTURE: 'The Wessex of the Novels'

An attractive compact sketch map of Thomas Hardy's Wessex, the fictional literary landscape created by the author as the setting for his major novels, in the south and southwest of England. The setting of the novels is a blends of fiction and reality - underscored by Hardy's description of Wessex as "a merely realistic dream country". Although the places featured in Hardy’s novels are based on real locations, he often gave them fictional names. For instance, his hometown of Dorchester is famously renamed Casterbridge in his books, most notably in The Mayor of Casterbridge. Hardy named the region "Wessex" after the medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom that existed in this part of that country prior to the unification of England by Æthelstan; his resurrection of the name "Wessex" is largely responsible for reintroducing the term into popular modern usage.

DATE PRINTED: 1906    

IMAGE SIZE: Approx 10.5 x 16.5cm, 4 x 6.25 inches (Small)

TYPE: Antique sketch map

CONDITION: Good; suitable for framing. Please check the scan for any blemishes prior to making your purchase. Virtually all antiquarian maps and prints are subject to some normal aging due to use and time which is not obtrusive unless otherwise stated. We offer a no questions asked return policy.

AUTHENTICITY: This is an authentic historic print, published at the date stated above. It is not a modern copy.

VERSO: There is nothing printed on the reverse side, which is plain

ARTIST/CARTOGRAPHER/ENGRAVER: Stanford, London

PROVENANCE: The Wessex Novels, by Thomas Hardy, published by Macmillan & Co., Ltd., London

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