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My my, Hardy does it again. What an excellent novel, all the more so because of the personal price it cost him.
In dealing with the subject of marriage and infidelity, in questioning what exactly these constitute, Hardy reaped the whirwind and, allegedly, decided never to write novels again. Certainly, after the publication of Jude, he wrote only poetry for the next 32 years until his death.
Like the Mayor of Casterbridge and Tess of the Durbervilles, Hardy is at his best when he can pour all of h ...more
In dealing with the subject of marriage and infidelity, in questioning what exactly these constitute, Hardy reaped the whirwind and, allegedly, decided never to write novels again. Certainly, after the publication of Jude, he wrote only poetry for the next 32 years until his death.
Like the Mayor of Casterbridge and Tess of the Durbervilles, Hardy is at his best when he can pour all of h ...more
Hardy casts the world in monochrome. A hysterical denouncement of obvious targets. After the public reaction to Jude, Hardy claimed that this book cured him of writing novels. It briefly cured me of reading them. ;)
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Masterpiece on rules of life in Victorian times that were touching everything - marriage, religion, woman'e role and place in society.
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Sue is unbelievably vexing. And the poor children--how could she not have seen it coming?
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