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Tess of the D'Urbervilles
by Thomas Hardy
slow-paced
Loveable characters:
No
Well I'm glad that's over. This was a difficult book to get through but I DID finish it. Tess was a sad character whose beauty only brought her sorrow. Alec D'Uberville was a terrible human being who ruined a young life. I did not like him. Angel Clare was a weak, judgemental husband. How dare he do what he did to poor Tess! All the characters let pride get in the way of everything. It became very tiresome. The writing in this book is older and sometimes difficult. I skipped a lot of descriptive paragraphs towards the end. I was startled by Tess' action in the end and did not like the ending of the book. Bizzare.