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3.63 AVERAGE
3.63 AVERAGE
emotional
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
“Men may love strongest for a while, but women love longest.”
This is the story of Elfride Swancourt, our blue-eyed heroine.
Elfride is torn between two lovers, the young, kind-hearted, socially inferior Stephen Smith, an architect; and much older and scrupulous Londoner, Henry Knight, a literary man and Stephen’s mentor. She also has to satisfy the expectations of her father, the Rector of Endelstow.
A Pair of Blue Eyes is a moving and poignant story about love, social conventions, limitations women faced in the 19th century, honor, sacrifice and loss.
Thomas Hardy sure knew how to portray women, their sentiments and state of mind. He was a true feminist who knew how to break hearts and sadden souls with his exceptional words.
This is the story of Elfride Swancourt, our blue-eyed heroine.
Elfride is torn between two lovers, the young, kind-hearted, socially inferior Stephen Smith, an architect; and much older and scrupulous Londoner, Henry Knight, a literary man and Stephen’s mentor. She also has to satisfy the expectations of her father, the Rector of Endelstow.
A Pair of Blue Eyes is a moving and poignant story about love, social conventions, limitations women faced in the 19th century, honor, sacrifice and loss.
Thomas Hardy sure knew how to portray women, their sentiments and state of mind. He was a true feminist who knew how to break hearts and sadden souls with his exceptional words.
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
This is not Hardy's best. Don't read it if you haven't read any of his better and better known works. This has the scathing commentary on class structure and patriarchal oppression of his other books, but he is not nearly as talented at writing women in this book as he is in later novels. Elfie is unsympathetic and silly for a good deal of the book.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Oof... I am a big fan of Hardy's bucolic misery, but this one is like a poor parody, and less miserable than usual.
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes