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A review by cleothebengal
Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
4.0
This is my first Thomas Hardy novel, and boy am I glad that I started here. If you're going to start reading Victorian novels, start here. Hardy writes like Dickens, but with fewer street urchins and more poetry.
Although Tess is a bit of a limp noodle personality-wise, she is so incredibly tough, and Angel Clare's treatment of her caused me to want to throw the book across the room at times. Side note: I know his parents were in with the church and everything, but "Angel", really?
This is written so beautifully. It makes me want to live out in the English country and milk cows, whilst being wooed by a studious stranger and his harp. Tess is such a badass. She takes care of business. Honestly even though this is 450ish pages, it's so worth it. It's incredible.
Although Tess is a bit of a limp noodle personality-wise, she is so incredibly tough, and Angel Clare's treatment of her caused me to want to throw the book across the room at times. Side note: I know his parents were in with the church and everything, but "Angel", really?
This is written so beautifully. It makes me want to live out in the English country and milk cows, whilst being wooed by a studious stranger and his harp. Tess is such a badass. She takes care of business. Honestly even though this is 450ish pages, it's so worth it. It's incredible.