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Victober 2017
I absolutely loved this book! It is the first time I have read Thomas Hardy and I have more that I have moved WAY UP the TBR pile. The interesting thing about my fervor for this book is that I truly disliked Bathsheba Everdene. I found her to be vain, simpering and boring. And I am a reader who loves books for their complex and intriguing characters. So how the heck did this one rate 5 stars? I am not sure I can even explain it... bur Hardy write beautifully intricate and poetic sen ...more
I absolutely loved this book! It is the first time I have read Thomas Hardy and I have more that I have moved WAY UP the TBR pile. The interesting thing about my fervor for this book is that I truly disliked Bathsheba Everdene. I found her to be vain, simpering and boring. And I am a reader who loves books for their complex and intriguing characters. So how the heck did this one rate 5 stars? I am not sure I can even explain it... bur Hardy write beautifully intricate and poetic sen ...more
3.5 stars. I've now read two books by Hardy, Jude the Obscure is the other one. I'm still not quite sure what I think of Hardy. Yes, he is a good writer and I like the descriptions of Rural England. I'm not quite sure I like his characters or plots.
Bathsheba Everdene is a poor girl, yet very beautiful. While visiting her aunt, she meets Gabriel Oak, a sheep farmer and saves his life. Oak, falling in love with Bathsheba asks her to marry him. She refuses and returns home.
Oak loses his farm throu ...more
Bathsheba Everdene is a poor girl, yet very beautiful. While visiting her aunt, she meets Gabriel Oak, a sheep farmer and saves his life. Oak, falling in love with Bathsheba asks her to marry him. She refuses and returns home.
Oak loses his farm throu ...more
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