bookishwendy 's review for:

Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
4.0

An empathetic portrayal of a woman who, per social mores at the time, could do no right. The story is plenty dramatic, but the little details/moments affected me the most: the christening of Sorrow, the description of milking all day in the rain, the insatiable steam thresher, the black flag.