false<![CDATA[Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Penguin Classics)]]>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255746904m/32261.jpg32261276The chance discovery by a young peasant woman that she is a descendant of the noble family of d'Urbervilles is to change the course of her life. Tess Durbeyfield leaves home on the first of her fateful journeys, and meets the ruthless Alec d'Urberville. Thomas Hardy's impassioned story tells of hope and disappointment, rejection and enduring love.
Edited with Notes by Tim Dolin and an Introduction by Margaret R. Higonnet3331021book1888Tess of the D'Urbervillestotal:16410|5:4146|4:5558|3:4089|2:1686|1:931|1641059532212971367514falsefalseWed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007Fri Aug 31 08:48:11 -0700 2007Mon Sep 10 21:10:35 -0700 2007 This book was fantastic. It was bleak and heartbreaking, but fantastic. I'm not sure I've ever been so sad for a main character before. But wow, Hardy can write. I'm going to outline the plot, including the ending, so please note that there are SPOILERS AHEAD.
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Barbara recommended Tess to me this summer.
This is truly a book for celebrating the beauty of our language. As I read, I rejoiced that English is my native language! Do try to read Tess as leisurely as possible.
Hardy is masterful at weaving an intricate plot. Tess is a...more...]]>
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42falsefalseFri Jul 25 14:26:36 -0700 2008Wed Nov 05 15:20:48 -0800 2008 I also love when authors build ambiguity into their works. Was Tess raped, or was she willingly seduced? The second half of the novel is a...more...]]>
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HEADLINE: A bad guy who is fabulously talented in bed and a good guy who fumbles sex can complicate life for a girl.
I ought to have my head examined for undertaking a review of Tess of the d'Ubervilles, the next to the last of Thomas Hardy's novels. My purpose in considering the i...more...]]>
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Tess is one of the more depressive novels I've read lately. My wife will attest to the fact that I have a strange affinity to depressing stories. With that in mind, let me say that I really enjoyed this book.
The writing was at times a bit too much for me for the reason that I get annoy...more...]]>
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so is hardy a satirist or a tragedician or what? i can't get a fix on him, and that's quite the pleasure. critics call him dark and gloomy, but i just can't take him wholly serious. mebbe that...more...]]>
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Actually, I really loved Return of the Native, so I thought I'd better read this, and while I didn't like it as much as Return of the Native, it'...more...]]>
41falsefalseSat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006Thu May 24 12:01:38 -0700 2007Thu May 24 12:31:32 -0700 2007 It's quite depressing, I must give that as a warning. It can be melodramatic when he ge...more...]]>
13falsefalseMon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996Thu Oct 04 21:26:54 -0700 2007Thu Oct 25 16:55:51 -0700 2007 I wish to go on record that I was forced by the public school system to read this book. It is pure awful-ness (is that a word?) given form, and I wish I never had read it.
It chronicles the life of a woman who gets taken advantage of. A lot. She develo...more...]]>
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