Eleanor Farjeon first met Edward Thomas in the late autumn of 1912,
when her brother invited him to tea. It was the beginning of a deep
friendship between the painfully shy 31-year-old woman and the
reserved writer known for his prose works and literary criticism.
Though he died at the Battle of Arras in April 1917, it was a
friendship which for Eleanor did not end with his death, but lived
beyond it in his letters, and his poems, many of which Edward had
sent to her from the trenches of the First World War for her
comments. This double memoir uses Edward's letters and Eleanor's
diaries and linking commentary to provide an extraordinarily candid
account of their developing friendship, and of the enthusiasms they
shared - both loved walking, and it was during this period that
Edward first found his way into poetry. Edward was often deeply
depressed, a man who found in nature something fundamental and
ideal, a soldier-poet who wrote about the war in a new way, but
Eleanor also shows us another side to his character, capturing
moments of joy and humour. She also offers a unique account of
Thomas's development as a poet, including the momentous meeting in
1913 with the American poet Robert Frost, whose encouragement led
to Thomas's first poems. Thomas describes for her his family, his
friendships with other writers, D H Lawrence among them, and also
provides an exceptionally detailed account of his experiences in
the First World War with the Artists' Rifles. Edward Thomas: The
Last Four Years, was widely acclaimed on its first publication in
1958 - this second edition, published on the 80th anniversary of
Thomas's death, has an introduction by Anne Harvey, a selection of
Eleanor's sonnets 'To E.T.', and 'Walking Tom', a hitherto
little-known poem about Edward written by Clifford Bax and Herbert
Farjeon. Also included are eight pages of black and white
photographs.
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