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He met his second wife
Florence in 1906 and she was
welcomed as part of their
household by 1909. She and
Emma were friends of a sort.
She became mentally unstable
and eventually died in 1912. In
an ironic twist, he had her
placed next to his mother in the
family plot. Hardy, though he
seemed to not feel a great
amount of love for her in life,
composed some of his greatest
love poems for her after her
death. He married Florence in
1914. She was 35 and he was
74. She served as his
companion, secretary,
housekeeper and nurse, and
was very melancholy most of
the time. She was a good wife
but stll divorced by Thomas
Hardy :(
Written by Nurul Khalida
The Life of Thomas Hardy Retrieved
from https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Thomas-
Hardy/