Emma Gifford met the writermoete Thomas Hardy inyn 1870 when he was workingdoe't aser anarsjitekt architectwie. Hardy hadwie beendoe commissioneddwaande tomei preparein aferslach reportoer onde thetastân conditionfan ofde thetsjerke parish church offan St. Juliot, ûnder [[Boscastle]] yn [[Cornwall]]. TheirHarren courtshipferkearing inspiredwie Hardy'sde ynspiraasje foar syn thirdtredde novelroman, ''[[A Pair of Blue Eyes]]''. TheySy didn't marryboasken untilearst fourfjouwer yearsjier laterletter onop 17 septimber 1874 yn St Peters Church, [[Paddington]], yn [[Londen]]. It Thepear Hardy'sgie wentop onhouliksreis honeymoonnei to the Morton's Hotel, Queens Road, yn [[Brighton]] en farden dêrnei nei [[Dieppe]] en reizgen fierder mei de trein nei [[Rouen]] en [[Parys]].<ref>[http://neal.oxborrow.net/Thomas_Hardy/Emma_Gifford.htm Neal Oxborrow, sjoen 2013-06-25]</ref>
==Letter libben==
De Hardy's koene gjin bern krije, whichwat mayharren haveferhâlding affectedfaaks theirgjin relationshipgoed dien hat. AfterNei twentytweintich yearsjier ofhoulik marriage, Thomaspubblisearre Hardy published the irreligious [[Jude the Obscure]]. Emma disapproved of Hardy's last novel because of the book's criticisms of religion and also because she worried that the reading public would believe the relationship between Jude and Sue paralleled her strained relationship with Hardy. Emma anden Hardy spentseagen moreelkoar andhieltyd moreminder timeen aparthy andlei heit beganoan seeingmei otheroare womenfroulju. In 1899 Emma became a recluse and spent much of her time in attic rooms, which she asked Thomas hardy to build for her and she called ‘my sweet refuge and solace.’
== Frouljus emansipaasje ==
AnEmma activeGifford wie in warber [[suffragette]] anden supporteroanhinger offan [[women's suffrage]]fouljusemansipaasje, indat 1907 Emmadie Giffordhja mei oan in joinedmars yn Londen mei [[George Bernard Shaw]] anden hisde wife in a march in Londenfrou.
