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A review by rini1310
Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
4.0
3,97/5 stars
I liked this classic.
The protagonist(Tess) is basically a rape victim who tries to pull herself together and move on by focusing on her family's wellbeing after the tragical incident. The rapist, Alec, is the typical a**hole who tries to manipulate her throughout the novel. Every time he meets her he suddenly remembers he want to have her as "his own". Angel her husband wants to believe he is "pure" spiritually and everyone associated with him must be also. She falls in love with him in the middle of the book and feels unworthy of his love.
Double-standards are a big theme in this book. The position of women as daughters, sisters, wives and workers is pleasantly explored and how easy for them to fall victims whether is rape, attacked on the way home unaccompanied or exploited by a tyrannic boss.
They were several moments where I cried as I felt great empathy towards Tess. .
To be honest though I skipped many descriptive paragraphs as they were boring me to death.
There is no such thing as Happy Ending in these old classics so consider yourself warned...
I liked this classic.
The protagonist(Tess) is basically a rape victim who tries to pull herself together and move on by focusing on her family's wellbeing after the tragical incident. The rapist, Alec, is the typical a**hole who tries to manipulate her throughout the novel. Every time he meets her he suddenly remembers he want to have her as "his own". Angel her husband wants to believe he is "pure" spiritually and everyone associated with him must be also. She falls in love with him in the middle of the book and feels unworthy of his love.
Double-standards are a big theme in this book. The position of women as daughters, sisters, wives and workers is pleasantly explored and how easy for them to fall victims whether is rape, attacked on the way home unaccompanied or exploited by a tyrannic boss.
They were several moments where I cried as I felt great empathy towards Tess. .
To be honest though I skipped many descriptive paragraphs as they were boring me to death.
There is no such thing as Happy Ending in these old classics so consider yourself warned...