tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post8342775511010371765..comments2024-03-23T20:37:37.891-07:00Comments on First Known When Lost: Siegfried Sassoon and Thomas HardyStephen Pentzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-4355284378846511752012-07-06T14:10:36.279-07:002012-07-06T14:10:36.279-07:00alice c: thank you for visiting again, and for you...alice c: thank you for visiting again, and for your comment. I haven't read Cakes & Ale, but I was aware that it was based upon Hardy. Perhaps I've not got around to it out of loyalty to Hardy (or something like that)!<br /><br />Thanks again.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-16275320963388126882012-07-05T14:41:31.167-07:002012-07-05T14:41:31.167-07:00I am enjoying reading your archive posts - so much...I am enjoying reading your archive posts - so much to think about that I must only read a few a day.<br /><br />This post immediately brings to mind Somerset Maugham's mischievous novel 'Cakes & Ale' which was considered a shockingly irreverent portrayal of Thomas Hardy in his later life incarnation as Grand Old Man of Letters.alice chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969805206040091585noreply@blogger.com