A Wife In London Flashcards
(4 cards)
1
Q
What is A Wife in London about?
A
- cruel irony of a wife who is sitting waiting to hear news of her husband
- receives devastating news that her husband has been killed
- but next day receives a letter from him outlining his hopes for their future together
2
Q
Context
A
- set during Boer War (1899-1902)
- Hardy strongly disapproved of the war
- Hardy’s own wife died so he would read over the letters she had written him
3
Q
How is ‘War’ presented?
A
- terrible effects of war on the loved ones first the anxiety while waiting for the news of war
- then demonstrating the terrible impact of the news of a death in war
- devastating lost hope that wartime death can bring
4
Q
Who wrote it?
A
Thomas Hardy
