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Reading Thomas Hardy's prose is like eating a tub of icrecream.
Each bite is deliciously complex, you savor it while wanting more. You try to read as quickly as possible to see what happens; yet as slowly as possible to prevent it from ending. And when you are done, you wish you had another.
The content however is in perfect juxtaposition to the melodic prose. Hardy focuses on emotional strife, difficult social circumstances, complex characters and societal prejudices.
Jude Fawley is raised by his ...more
Each bite is deliciously complex, you savor it while wanting more. You try to read as quickly as possible to see what happens; yet as slowly as possible to prevent it from ending. And when you are done, you wish you had another.
The content however is in perfect juxtaposition to the melodic prose. Hardy focuses on emotional strife, difficult social circumstances, complex characters and societal prejudices.
Jude Fawley is raised by his ...more
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