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Another great tale from the master storyteller, Thomas Hardy. I hate to spoil the plot for someone who plans to read it, so I'll avoid details... As Hardy likes to do, here once again, he colors all his characters in shades of gray, which is realism at its best. As a result, the protagonists are never quite evil, but rather just misunderstood, or victims of circumstances beyond their control. Eustacia Vye is a prime example. Considered a witch by some, she is truly not evil at all. Maybe she is
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I read this book over a few days finding myself off work and sick at home; nothing better than good books to read at a time like this.
There were several themes running through the book set in a brooding heath. The influence of fate on a person's life, man against nature and the superstitious nature of an isolated community.
This was not my favourite Hardy book but the descriptive power of Hardy raised the book from a 3 to a 4. Egdon Heath, the setting, and it's moods was powerfully described and ...more
There were several themes running through the book set in a brooding heath. The influence of fate on a person's life, man against nature and the superstitious nature of an isolated community.
This was not my favourite Hardy book but the descriptive power of Hardy raised the book from a 3 to a 4. Egdon Heath, the setting, and it's moods was powerfully described and ...more
Similar themes to Far from the Madding Crowd, it almost feels like an earlier draft of that novel. Like that novel, we have the unlikely happy ending.
I love Hardy's method of descripting.
- "Eustacia Vye was the raw material of a divinity"
- "She had pagan eyes"
- "To see her hair was to fancy that a whole winter did not contain darkness enough to form its shadow"
The setting is a character in itself. A threatening, gloomy, isolating thing to Eustacia. But homey, brown, and kind to the Yeobrights ...more
I love Hardy's method of descripting.
- "Eustacia Vye was the raw material of a divinity"
- "She had pagan eyes"
- "To see her hair was to fancy that a whole winter did not contain darkness enough to form its shadow"
The setting is a character in itself. A threatening, gloomy, isolating thing to Eustacia. But homey, brown, and kind to the Yeobrights ...more
Sep 23, 2019
J t
marked it as to-read
