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Summary: SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL.....GREAT BOOK
Review: Tess is just beautifully written. the language is poetry, and it is melodious. duty, fate, and destiny appear throughout the book. and they make the readers wonder about their own life. it is just an amazing book!
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Summary: The weakest woman in literature.
Review: It was a pretty exciting book, but I hated the way Tess acted in the story. She keeps wishing she would die! It is so weak! Someone needed to slap her once or twice to knock some sense into her head.
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Summary: This book has a dire need to be shortened
Review: This book in the beginning was so slow that I finished a book twice it's length before I finished the first chapter of Tess of the D'Urdubervilles.
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Summary: The beauty of tragic destiny!
Review: Hardy's use of tragic irony can be compared to that of Romeo and Juliet, though his profound pessimism about human life can seem a little extreme. His style of writing is beautiful, but a little drawn out. One theme that can be found throughout the book is that of the hunt. Tess is a hunted animal, pursued by a cruel world and a society that can accept the evil of men, yet rebuke women for their mistakes. Tess (cause and effect): Because of her beauty she is pursued. Because of her sex she is helpless. Because of her helplessness she is captured. Because she is captured she is violated. Because she is violated she is ruined.
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Summary: Simple
Review: This book was not anything special. Although I love romances, it was too simple. The symbolism was spelled out to the readers in a blunt manner. The less educated readers may appreciate it. The wording was quite beautiful at times and the plot was enchanting (perfect for a movie) but it is not heart wrenching like the movie Titantic (which was a must see!) ;)
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Summary: Awful
Review: This was one of the worst books I have ever read. It goes on way to long with a lot of filler which seems out of place.
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Summary: Amazing...
Review: This novel, which I have just finished, is without a doubt one of the most incredible reads I have had. Immaculately crafted, beautifully written and profoundly moving. wow.
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Summary: Oh Tess!
Review: A masterpiece. It is hard to find the right words to express my feelings about this beautiful and tragic story. Tess, the lovely, tenderhearted milkmaid who, in the face of much adversity never gives up, is one of my favorite heroines in all literature. I could fully understand her dilemma, and that of Angel as well. It is true that there are times when Destiny is stronger than us, no matter how good our intentions.
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Summary: Beautiful tragedy, with an element of hope.
Review: Tess of the D'Urbevilles is one of the true literary greats. It's heroine is a charachter that one can always empathize with and as you travel through the book you find your self lost in admiration for this strong, honest woman. It is ultimately a tragic novel, but never sinks into hopelessness. The heroine is not self-pitying and through all her troubles her hope and compassion shine through. It is a book about hipocrisy, love and the struggle to survive. Quite simply, the most beautifully crafted novel I have ever read. READ IT.
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Summary: Tess---Victim of Society
Review: Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles is a novel which focuses on the double standards of the Victorian era. It is a beautifully written novel about one wopman and her struggle to find love and her duty to her family.
Tess was a child who sought to right her wrong by working for her "cousins" she hoped that by doing this she could become a productive member of the family particularly as the eldest child. She was required to take care pof most of the chores as her siblings were too young to help the family. As a daughter she was taught that it was her duty to marry wealth so that her family would not have to live in squallor. In her attempt to do this she was taken advantage of, but not raped, and she was made pregnant. She could not abort the child, and she could not properly carry the child to term without being married. She did the latter of these because she hated the childs father. Many times she wished that the child would die so that it would not have to live with the bastard lable. She felt that it was best that the child be taken from the earth to make her and her child's life easier.
Tess soon finds that there is a doiuble standard for pre-marital sex in Victorian England. Her husband, on there wedding night admits that he has been promiscuous, Tess is greatly relieved by this because she thinks that he will be more accepting of her situation when she tells him, this is not so. Angel, her husband, walk out on tess and leaves her to fend for herself, an unloved and un cared for woman. This novel ends sadly with Tess' death after Angel comes back to her and they live happily for a number of days.
This novel is an excellent example of social commentary in the form of literary art. This novel is a poinient dipiction of the life of a young woman in Victorian England. A well written novel with excellent character development one of the best book that I have ever read.
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