Elanor's review
The Woodlanders (Penguin Classics) by Thomas Hardy
This is my first Hardy in a long time. I forgot how wonderful his language is (something about being a poet. .. ). This story in particular, the characters' lives are so interwoven with their environment that the flowery language is particularly appropriate. It becomes alternately stark or warm, flush or barren. I was expecting it to be more depressing than it was (c'mon, it's Hardy!), but was pleasantly surprised that I only cried once or twice.
As with so much victorian literature, there's a heart-warmingly true relationship between the heroine and her father that, for me, was the real gem of the book.
As with so much victorian literature, there's a heart-warmingly true relationship between the heroine and her father that, for me, was the real gem of the book.
