Tess of the D'Urbervilles
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 | Product Details: Paperback 566 pages Release Date: 15 June 2000 Publisher: Adamant Media Corporation ISBN: 0543896668 Rating:   Sales Rank: 8027721 | | Look for similar books by subject:
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| | Customer Reviews: Life Matters (18 April 2010)Hardy writes beautifully, tells stories, evokes feelings and describes landscapes, times and cultures that touch the reader's core. Read this novel for the story and description, savor it later for the depth of existential questions and half-answers. Hardy is an early modernist, raising the big questions, describing the loss of classical innocence and hinting at potential paths to solutions. But, he does not provide definitive answers. His work suggests that the time of certain answers is permanently gone, to be replaced by a difficult journey, at best. Man has a burning need for significance and meaning, but can find neither fully. Character is the most important thing, shining through all situations ... but it is partially shaped by fate, chance, history, family, society and the environment ... and while potentially noble, ultimately inadequate to fully address the challenges of life. The reader leaves the book exhausted from the journeys, the hopes and the many pursuits. The flow of life and history continues in spite of the heroine's choices. In the end we are left with a bittersweet memory of this life which Hardy personally inserts as narrator, "will never be forgotten by those who knew her". Perhaps this is the best current answer to the ultimate questions. The book is just okay for a classic... (16 October 2009)Was it me or could I just not muster up sympathy for Tess? I just wasn't drawn into her character. Thus, I wasn't completely into the novel. Bad cover condition (09 September 2009)Bad cover. Half of the book is ruined because the spine has come unglued...false product description! A Classic Theme In Life (13 June 2009)I rapidly read this book in high school for a test the next day. I knew that I wanted to read it again because it was so good and I was missing the subleties. I loved it. The theme is that our lives are goverened by what we think of ourselves. Poor Tess was so wrong, but for the times understandable. Hardy writes without including the graphic details, but the story remains. A story that is suspended in time. book: Tess of the D'Urbervilles (13 April 2009)Timeless story of a woman and her struggle to care for those she loved. Fighting against the male dominated society of her time, Tess sacrifices her own interests to provide for her family and attempt to stay true to the man she loves. Hardy does a wonderful job of painting the landscape and using it to enhance Tess's physical struggles. His portrait of Tess as a strong woman is balanced with her vulnerability, pure heart and hope for a better future. Norton's version includes insight into Hardy's background and the writing of Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Very helpful towards understanding the dynamics of the story. | |
