I roto i te 1870, i runga i te misioni hoahoanga ki te whakahoki i te hahi parakihi o St Juliot i Cornwall, tutaki Hardy, ka hinga i roto i te aroha ki a Emma Gifford, nei i marenatia e ia i roto i Kensington i te ngahuru o 1874. reti Villa St Rawiri o, Southborough (i teie nei Surbiton) mo te tau. I roto i te 1885 neke Thomas me tana wahine ki Max Gate, he whare hangaia e Hardy, ka hanga e tona teina. Ahakoa i muri ka riro ratou estranged, mate muri o Emma i roto i te 1912 i te pānga traumatic i runga i a ia, a, i muri i tona matenga, Hardy hanga he haerenga ki Cornwall ki te arotake i nga wahi hono ki to ratou courtship; ana Poems 1912<unk>13 i runga i tona matenga. I roto i te 1914, marena Hardy tona kaitiaki Emily Florence, ko wai i tona 39 tau. Heoi, noho ia i roto i te ngakau ki te mate o tona wahine tuatahi, a ka riro ia i runga i tona mate o tona wahine tuatahi i roto i te
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