Book Review: Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

Book #142 of 2018: Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy The dry British humor in this book is genuinely laugh-out-loud funny, but the characters can be a tad frustrating and the story is pretty slow. There are individual moments that I adore even beyond author Thomas Hardy’s classic Tess of the D’Urbervilles, but …

Book Review: Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

Book #120 of 2018: Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy This Victorian novel about a poor rape victim is surprisingly modern in the sympathy it extends to its heroine, and author Thomas Hardy does not shy away from depicting the unjust hostility and blame that she faces after the attack — or how it …

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