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Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Cambridge Literature)
After reading Tess of the Durbervilles I could not help but feel a little disapointed when I finished it. I couldn't tear myself away from it. I absolutely adored Tess's manners and her "cousins" annnoying manner of Tess's sweet temper. I always wondered wether if Tess and he would get together throughout the entire novel.Boy was I surprised!
Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Cambridge Literature)
This is a tragic, timeless story. I was in awe of Hardy's ability to flesh out this woman, Tess Durbyfield, and just give her total realism. The other main character, Angel Clare, is also brilliantly flawed, and shows you that in real life there is no such thing as a prince charming. If you can sit and work through the sometimes tedious 19th century style of Hardy, you will come away from this book moved. That is, unless you're a high-school chap too busy worrying about whose going steady with whom to care about anything important.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Cambridge Literature)
This book gave me an insight into myself. It opened my eyes and my heart to the good and bad of this world. It's and excellent book in every way, and I would recommend it to most readers. It's one of my favorites.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Cambridge Literature)
The tragity of this book was astounding! You just have to buy this book! I felt like ripping out the pages and buying Tess of the Durberville books for my friends at the same time. This book presents plenty of mixed emotions. If your a weak person, emotionally, try read a softer Hardy book like THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE, other than that, grab some tissues, and be prepared to control your emotions, it's one heck of a crazy rollercoaster ride.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Cambridge Literature)
Tess of the Dubervilles is a truely tender and fascinating book that deeply feels the human heart. This is not a book for the average Daniel Steel- Stephen King reader. Tess is highly reccommended only for those who can respect and understand great literature that has lived through decades of readers and prints. One is left thinking, pondering what sort of a person Tess was. An adolescent who remained one in adult hood? Or a child who has had many experiences-good or bad- to consider her part of the elder human race.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Cambridge Literature)
Thomas Hardy is a beautiful and horrible writter. Beautiful for how he uses words to for sentences to form paragraphs to form a book. Yet horrible on how he can do such a thing to his characters. Tess's death reminds me of Lady Jane Grey, age 15, the queen of england for 9 days. A beautiful and intelligent being, died innocently from a hanging. Jane Grey died "a true Christian woman." Tess "dies as a pure woman."