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3 stars for plot, 4 stars for writing and character development.
Lauren and I were saying that it seems all classics fall into the following categories: fairy tale, coming of age, soap opera. This is definitely a soap opera with some coming of age as well.
Lauren and I were saying that it seems all classics fall into the following categories: fairy tale, coming of age, soap opera. This is definitely a soap opera with some coming of age as well.
This was the first long (500+ pages) English literary classic I read on my own. I read it as part of an intensive author study the summer before my high school senior year. We were required to read 3 novels by a selected author, my choice being George Eliot. Naturally, I read the shorter novels, Silas Marner and Adam Bede (the poor man's Tess), first.
I knew from its beginning, "[Dorothea] Brooke had that kind of beauty which seems to be thrown into relief by poor dress" that I would love this b ...more
I knew from its beginning, "[Dorothea] Brooke had that kind of beauty which seems to be thrown into relief by poor dress" that I would love this b ...more
Sep 20, 2007
Charlene
marked it as to-read
so far because I have it in pdf format in case I get bored and have a computer handy
Apr 18, 2007
Jenn
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it was amazing
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