“What an amazing book. Tess is such a strong character. So many people I talk to didn't like this book because of it's sad plot. But if you think about it, until recent years characters who committed crimes were always punished accordingly. Did people back in the day really have so much faith in justice?”
“trouble with D'urbervilles we say tess of the umbervilles it make Fah lo Suee laugh for village is all painted white”
“A touching story outlining the destiny of a strong character with bad luck in life.Nice architectural descriptions.”
“Each time i read the book, i just put my self in Tess' big shoes.”
“Indeed a pure woman...in spite of what strikes the eyes...”
“"He who rejects change is the architect of decay" Said by a British Prime MinisterAngel in this novel could face such unbelievable and sever change in tess's life, do u think that our reaction to a change in the other life could lead us to lose them.???”
“I READ TESS AS ONE OF THE 4 PROSE BOOKS I HAD TO READ FOR MY A" LEVELS LITERATURE - IN - ENGLISH.I WAS THE LAST TO READ IT AMONGST MY FRIENDS AND CLASS MATES.JUST BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE AS BORING AS ANOTHER PROSE BOOK I READ BEFORE.... " A HOUSE FOR MR BISWAS". BUT I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE THE ROMANTIC SIDE OF THE STORY.AND AS MUCH AS I WANTED TO READ MY MILLS AND BOON STORIES,I FOUND MYSELF READING THIS BOOK MORE THAN 4 TIMES BEFORE WRITING MY A"S. TESS BECAME SO REAL TO ME, AS I IMAGINED THE PICTURESQUE YORKSHIRE MOORS DESCRIBED BY THOMAS HARDY.I SUFFERED WITH HER.WEPT FOR ALL THE REJECTIONS SHE HAD TO SUFFER.APPLAUDED HER STRENGTH.AND CALLED ANGEL CLAIRE NAMES FOR BEING SUCH A BIG HYPOCRITE. IF HE CLAIMS HIS LOVE WAS TRUE, WHY DID HE REJECT HER FROM THE MOMENT HE GOT TO KNOW SHE WAS NO LONGER A VIRGIN.SHE SHOULD HAVE QUESTIONED TESS .THEN HE WOULD HAVE FOUND OUT, SHE WAS FORCED.BUT I GUESS THOMAS HARDY IS A MAN, AND KNOWS HOW UNFAIR MEN ARE SOMETIMES WHEN CONFRONTED WITH SUCH A SCENARIO.ALL SAID AND DONE I HAD TEARS IN MY EYES WHEN I REALISED SHE WAS BEING TAKEN TO STONEAGE TO BE HANGED.A TRAGEDY.BUT A BEAUTIFUL EPIC ALL THE SAME. I LOOOOOOOVED IT.”
“guys, join up THOMAS HARDY grouphttp://www.shelfari.com/groups/17151/about”
“I find Thomas Hardy almost unbearable to read, he's books are so dark and so tragic. A writer from the same era who I really love is 'Precious Bane' by Mary Webb. It's a lot more joyous, but still makes the same comments on Victorian society and morality. It's not nearly so well known but should be! Soemtiems I think we rever the dark tragic tales more because we think they are somehow more worthy.”
