[GRADE="808080 DC143C 000000 FF1493 808080"]Tess of the d'Urbervilles[/GRADE]
Author : Thomas Hardy
Country : United Kingdom
Language : English
Genre : Tragedy
Publication date : 1891
I love this novel so much ..
I love to call the main character "my Tess "
because her character means so much to me ^.^
I remember that I spent two days suffering from depression
I really don't like to read tragedies cause I end up feeling depressed
^.^
[GRADE="C0C0C0 DC143C 000000 FF1493 C0C0C0"]The Author[/GRADE]
Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), English poet and novelist, famous for his
depictions of the imaginary county "Wessex" . Hardy's work reflected his
stoical pessimism and sense of tragedy in human life.
I didn't like this author except for this novel
He likes to to describe every single thing
that surrounds the characters
this makes me feel so anxious before he gets to the main point
hmph
It's just a tiny winy point of view
^.^
[GRADE="808080 DC143C 000000 FF1493 808080"]Tess of the d'Urbervilles[/GRADE]
is
A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented
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[GRADE="C0C0C0 DC143C 000000 FF1493 C0C0C0"]Tess Durbeyfield[/GRADE]
She is the eldest daughter of a very poor family
She is simply
PURE .. PRETTY .. KINDHEARTED .. HONEST .. SENSITIVE ..
She sacrificed so much for the well being of her family
till she became the real and only sacrifice for facing her fate
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[GRADE="C0C0C0 DC143C 000000 FF1493 C0C0C0"]Angel Clare[/GRADE]
He is the son of a clergyman who has his own thoughts
he considers himself as a free thinker but turns out to be
an unexceptional one and similar to others
Once they face reality they run away
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[GRADE="C0C0C0 DC143C 000000 FF1493 C0C0C0"]Alec Stoke-d'Urberville[/GRADE]
He is the - hateful - from my point of view ^^- son of Simon Stoke
and Mrs. d'Urberville. He rapes Tess when she is 17 years old
and works as maid in his family's house
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[GRADE="C0C0C0 DC143C 000000 FF1493 C0C0C0"]Joan Durbeyfield[/GRADE]
Tess's father , a lazy drunk who suddenly knows that he is
from a noble family and starts to act as an aristocratic
-^^ loser - My point of view
I have less regard for that father
because he's the one who sent her to Alec's family
where her pain and agony begins
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[GRADE="C0C0C0 DC143C 000000 FF1493 C0C0C0"]Joan Durbeyfield[/GRADE]
She's Tess's mother and a hard working mother
There are other interesting characters
but I like that you find out about them yourselves if you read the novel
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[GRADE="C0C0C0 DC143C 000000 FF1493 C0C0C0"]The Plot : [/GRADE]
THE POOR PEDDLER JOHN DURBEYFIELD is stunned to learn that he is the
descendent of an ancient noble family, the d’Urbervilles. Meanwhile, Tess,
his eldest daughter, joins the other village girls in the May Day dance, where
Tess briefly exchanges glances with a young man. Mr. Durbeyfield and his
wife decide to send Tess to the d’Urberville mansion, where they hope Mrs.
d’Urberville will make Tess’s fortune. In reality, Mrs. d’Urberville is no relation
to Tess at all: her husband, the merchant Simon Stokes, simply changed his
name to d’Urberville after he retired. But Tess does not know this fact, and
when the lascivious Alec d’Urberville, Mrs. d’Urberville’s son, procures Tess
a job tending fowls on the d’Urberville estate, Tess has no choice but to
accept, since she blames herself for an accident involving the family’s horse,
its only means of income.
Tess spends several months at this job, resisting Alec’s attempts to seduce
her. Finally, Alec takes advantage of her in the woods one night after a fair.
Tess knows she does not love Alec. She returns home to her family
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What's going to happen to poor Tess??
How will her family reacts to the incident ??
I'll leave you with the novel
for more information visit this site
http://www.online-literature.com/har...s_urbervilles/
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[GRADE="C0C0C0 DC143C 000000 FF1493 C0C0C0"]P.S.[/GRADE]
This novel was adapted by the BBC into a miniseries
I loved the novel so I've seen the adaptation
both of them are tragic
T_T
for more information click here
http://imdb.com/title/tt0126100/usercomments?start=10
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Hope you like it as I do !!
SaYoNaRa
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