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Jul 31, 2018 08:03AM
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Let Alexw join. He asked books to be decided from his TBR. I'm okay with any of these too. But looking at the list I can't help noticing:Are you a literature student? These are heavy books.
And not middlemarch coz that's a monster of a book. I won't be able to complete it in a month.
Column of fire...is that 3rd in a series?
Gone with the wind seems interesting, but Alexw seems to have read it already...
Les miserables will stretch to the next buddy Read as well...So the only one I could think of reading is Tess...Tom Hardy...Alexw, what do you say?
Tess -works for me and thanks Chaitra for going through our lists
Okay Tess then...you guys have the copy?
Have a copy and will start tomorrow 8-1-18
Great...I got mine on Kindle...✌👍👈
neat I am reading now too-will read about 10 pages- looking forward to your input
And 10 is the no. of pages I read today... just getting acquainted to the world in the book.
My dear BR friends-I am reading the paperback 1964 edition with an afterword by Donald Hall and is 427 pages long.I say this because there are several editions to this book so maybe we should reference chapters when we discuss?
PS- I have an annoying habit of being like a character in the book and my love ones stayed away from me when I channeled Ahab in Moby Dick !!
No ,am 100% on board with this Tess- Hardy is a brilliant writer and I have been wanting to read one of his classic novels and am so looking forward to your views on this novel as the main character is a woman.PS- am on chapter 4 and really like it !!
Chaitra... let me be blunt...😀... we are absolutely fine by your choices. Alex seems to be a seasoned reader, and I always want to read classics but put them off for later. This way I will read one, and I'm not alone. So thanks.
And friends I have the Kindle version and the no. Of pages is all messed up. Please confirm that the book has 59 chapters, and the 'Phase the Seventh: Fulfilment' has the chapters LIII-LIX.
Do NOT rush and make this a chore of reading-read at whatever leisurely pace you desire- enjoy the words- let them envelop you with their magic
Correct... I'm a slow reader, and on chapter 4. I like to imagine a lot while reading to transport myself in that era. So please don't hurry. Happy reading friends...✌🤘😀😁
Great update-that will enhance my reading of the novel. Frustrated writers who have trouble getting published usually write with lots of pain and anguish- Thanks !!
Hmm...Ms Microbiologist...mine has no introduction, so I went right after the lives of these people in the village Marlott. The story is just building up. And as for Hardy's life, people don't let anyone succeed in life... I will read more about the book and his life once I'm done with the book. Common, come out of the labs now ...🖖🤘✌
Alex where have you reached, crossed chapter 5?
Chapter 4 only-Tess seems to have nothing but bad luck
Fascinating comment, Chaitra but unsure of what you mean by a pure woman?
I see -thank you for your quick response
Interesting... happy to be reading such a controversial book...
Yes- we surely picked a winner and both of you commenting on the novel -makes the reading even more interesting
No problem- Goodreads means never having to say you are sorry
I like to read at least 2 books at a time. Tess when I am felling romantic and a war novel when my mood is darker.
Yes the cockney accent is annoying but I assume that accent was in vogue in the time when the book was written.
Chaitra- Added Lorna Doone to my TBR list after your message on 45.
Multiple books. I'm reading 3 currently. There are so many books to read, I can't seem to stop myself😁😁👍👍
Pace is the problem. I tend to go very slow through them all, unless the book itself pulls me. In which case I drown myself in it, and the next moment I am on the other shore. But, Tess so far is a trudge, I must admit. What do you think?
Hahahaa...maybe...I have read 10, and I like Tess, and I can see bad things waiting for her. I want to shout out to her 'stay away from that crooked man'. I think it's being a classic ( I couldn't understand some of the things. I mean I got the idea but not literally) has something to do with the slow pace. But I need to read them all. All the classics. They are said to be more than they appear, especially on repeat readings. So I'm looking forward to knowing the story as well.
Excellent discussion and by far with any BR i have had and we have just started.My question is, at the very beginning of the book when the parson tells Tess's Dad that Tess's Dad comes from royalty, is the pastor just cruelly lying to Tess's Dad ? Is the Pastor just trying to mess with Tess's Dad mind as some cruel joke??That is the way my mind works- the pastor is just being a jerk to Tess's Dad to see what trouble the pastor can cause- what do you think of my theory?
I don't know. He's shown to be an antiquarian, so I took him at his words. Why would he mess up the mind of a useless man such as Durbyfield, unless he is a sadist. Coz they are not even aquaintances. It'll be interesting if the pastor actually did it for fun. What I understood was that he only just wanted to share with him a trivia, maybe to show of his knowledge, but the witless Durbyfield, blew the importance of that detail out of proportion. 😁🤘😁
Yes! YEs !!YES !!! I agree with Chaitra and now the rest of the book is set in motion as Tess goes to see her "relatives.'The pastor was just having sadistic fun with drunk jack.
Wow...reading together does help... I missed that completely. That was awesome guys...keep that perspective coming in...I'm gonna read classics with you only if I could have that option in future...🙏🖖👍👍
Am on Chapter 9, at end of chapter five, Tess is called a crumby by Alec which I had to look up which means crummy which I thought was a very odd word to describe TessAlec gives me the creeps !!
Siddhartha and Tess- 2 completely different novels- will be great to see which one you enjoy best.
I love Siddharta...and Alec means Tess harm clearly... and he's quite open about his intentions from the beginning....
Was his clumsy way of trying to seduce her-he is a PIG Why does Alec's Mom hate him and why is she blind ?? Where is Alec's father??
These secrets and more will be revealed as we go along- this is a GREAT book-so happy you chose it, Chaitra !!
I think the Kinship was not informed to the mother coz there was no real Kinship to start with. They weren't real d'urbervilles but stokes. So any talk of the Kinship could have made his mother not meet her at all, and he wanted her desperately to work there to exploit her.
And Alec was notorious for his lusty ways. He thought Tess too much of a 'cottage' girl, and naive to resist his advances for long. He didn't need to be chivalrous with her, he believed. An easy target.
I read the wikiepia about the author of Tess, Hardy and ( like Charles Dickens) the book was written as a serial for newspapers and so they made each chapter end with a desire to read the paper the next day or cliffhanger. In fact, the term cliffhanger was first coined just for Hardy's books !!
My question is why then she let him exploit her?...
Hmm...let's read further...I have doubts here. It's going to be a wonderful discussion, I can see. I'm on chapter 14.
I am with Ms. Chaitra on message 81 on this-I am also on Chapter10.
My question is -do you find it odd that a male author would make a virginal woman the main character and writes the book from her perspective?? I find that very odd.
