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Title: Tess of the d'Urbervilles : A Pure Woman by James Wood, Thomas Hardy ISBN: 0-375-75679-5 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 13 February, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Daunting but Delightful
Comment: My quirky yet brilliant English teacher assigned this work in the beginning of my senior year. Undoubtedly, I approached this book with much doubt and skepticism. If you know Hardy, you immediately recall his superfluity of detail and monotonous landscaping, which inevitably impedes character and plot development. Suprisingly, though all discouraging factors were present, I found the book exceptionally appealing. Hardy's portraiture of Tess validates him as a captivating author. He draws us into her persona, leaving us trampled and bruised with the grievances of life. He walks us through her struggles, though mangled with her inability to step forward, she still persists.
I highly reccommend this book to any avid reader of British literature.
Rating: 5
Summary: A great book!
Comment: This is truly one of Hardy's best books! The story is of a young girl (Tess) who's father finds out that he comes from the old great family of the D'Urbervilles. So the family sends Tess to one of their relations to ask for money but also Tess' mother knows that at the house where she is going to be staying there is a man named Alec and she hopes that Tess and he will marry. Alec is tempted by Tess and seduces her after she has been working at his house for a while. Tess has the baby which soon dies. Tess goes to a dairy farm where she meets Angel, a higher class well edgucated young man. These two fall in love and marry. On their wedding night he confesses to her a bad part of his past and she tells him about her child. Angel can not forgive her and leaves. I will stop here beacause I do not want to ruin the book for you, but I will say this it has a whollop of a finish and you will be surprised!
Rating: 4
Summary: The novel for the realist
Comment: A true joy to read, Tess of the D'Urbervilles is filled with situations that paint pictures of real life. Hardy knew that Tess' reality was filled with enough emotion and drama that there was no reason to add to it the things fairy tales are made of.
When reading Tess of the D'Urbervilles you are brought into the story by Hardy's suberb way of sketching the scene. Though Hardy's descriptive writing can sometimes be hard to digest, his choice of words allow you to enter the landscape and smell the glen yourself.
Overall, an excellent book for the more ambitious reader, and for the one who isn't afraid of the less popular unhappy outcomes.
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Title: Senior English Review Exercises: Grade 12 by Earl F. Wood ISBN: 0838800300 Publisher: Educators Pub Service Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $8.20 |
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Title: Four Tragedies by William Shakespeare ISBN: 0553212834 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 January, 1988 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: The Canterbury Tales (Penguin Classics) by Geoffrey Chaucer, Nevill Coghill ISBN: 0140424385 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 04 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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Title: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen ISBN: 0553213105 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 December, 1983 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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Title: Short Fiction: Classic and Contemporary (5th Edition) by Charles H. Bohner, Lyman Grant ISBN: 013040683X Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 19 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $58.67 |
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