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What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Have You STOPPED Reading?		234	xicanti, Today 11:18am
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Nickelini's 2009 Reading List, Part 2		134	Nickelini, Yesterday 10:36am
999 Challenge : avatiakh's 999 challenge		148	SqueakyChu, Tuesday 10:49pm
1010 Category Challenge : Paruline's 1010 challenge		44	paruline, Monday 9:30am
50 Book Challenge : japaul's 50 books for 2009		90	spacepotatoes, Sunday 8:36pm
What Are You Reading Now? : BBC Meme: How Many of These 100 Books Have YOU Read?		225	armandine2, Sunday 3:56pm
25 Books in 2009 : tames Books for 2009		42	tames, Sunday 11:29am
Club Read 2009 : Nickelini's 2009 Reading		210	Nickelini, Saturday 8:31pm
TBR Challenge : Nickelini Joins in for 2009		18	judylou, Friday 10:49pm
999 Challenge : Sarams's challenge		96	cmbohn, December 3
1001 Books to read before you die : What should I read for my 100th book?		12	KimB, December 1
1001 Books to read before you die : Blondierocket's 1001 Progress		14	blondierocket, December 1
1001 Books to read before you die : Judylou's 1001		40	Nickelini, December 1
999 Challenge : Nickelini's 999		112	Nickelini, November 30
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Lorie's 2009 Book Reads, Part 3		144	Whisper1, November 28
Awful Lit. : Awful Classics?		558	chapterofaccidents, November 27
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : digifish books in 2009		210	alcottacre, November 19
Club Read 2009 : cabegley's 2009 reading, Part II		46	avaland, November 15
999 Challenge : Favourite Book in Each Category		10	hailelib, November 14
Geeks who love the Classics : What are your favorite classics?		58	rocketjk, November 13
Awful Lit. : Jump ship or go down with it?		93	lbradf, November 11
999 Challenge : Blondierocket's		88	cmbohn, November 7
999 Challenge : Plekter's 999 challenge		35	plekter, November 3
Folio Society devotees : Thomas Hardy Folio Editions		8	SpoonFed, November 3
1001 Books to read before you die : What are you reading from the 1001 list in OCTOBER 2009?		85	soffitta1, October 30
Atheist Fiction : Atheist fiction titles		13	lake44, October 30
50 Book Challenge : nannybebette---the 4th inning		301	nannybebette, October 28
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Science Fiction Fans : Hitchhiker's		58	perkele1, October 26
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50 Book Challenge : belva; 3rd times a charm		216	whitewavedarling, September 13
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Blondierocket's 2009 Challenge		213	Cauterize, September 8
999 Challenge : Remember to tag your books!		59	stephmo, September 7
1001 Books to read before you die : Nickelini's 1001 List		14	soylentgreen23, September 7
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Cait86's Reading, Take 2		312	Cait86, September 6
999 Challenge : nannybebette's 999		97	nannybebette, September 5
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1001 Books to read before you die : What 1001 Book are You Reading: August 2009		86	klobrien2, August 31
Art is Life : What are you currently reading?		262	Naren559, August 21
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Roni ncats' Reading List for 2009 Part 2		254	ronincats, August 19
Awful Lit. : 'Why are classics classic?		172	titusalone, August 14
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50 Book Challenge : nannybebette take 2		315	nannybebette, August 5
What Are You Reading Now? : What are you reading the week of July 18, 2009?		274	morriss003, July 31
Literary Snobs : What are you reading? 1st Quarter, 2009		302	bobmcconnaughey, July 27
1001 Books to read before you die : What are you reading, June 2009		109	notmyrealname, July 17
75 Books Challenge for 2008 : WorrellW's 75 Book Challenge		35	alcottacre, July 13
Romance - from historical to contemporary : How did you start?		86	reesa00, July 10
1001 Books to read before you die : belva's list		19	judylou, July 6
Book talk : Books you just couldn't put down		22	socialpages, July 4
Girlybooks : 500 Great Books by Women		210	tiffin, July 3
Book talk : Tess of the D’Urbervilles		16	yosarian, July 2
The Green Dragon : June Reads 2009		180	readafew, June 30
1001 Books to read before you die : Arubabookwoman's 1001 Quest-1-36		15	arubabookwoman, June 28
Lectures des francophones : Arvoitus 2009		49	Arvoitus, June 27
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Cariola's 2009 Challenge		260	Cariola, June 26
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Dianestm 2009 books		241	dianestm, June 10
Book of the month club : Was that really another January gone already?		24	karenmarie, June 5
1001 Books to read before you die : What Are You Reading From the 1001 List, May 2009		97	PaperbackPirate, June 1
What Are You Reading Now? : Books Brought Home, May 2009		241	nzurisana, May 30
50 Book Challenge : labohemienne90's 50 books challenge		11	niloofar18, May 28
999 Challenge : Dianestm's		71	dianestm, May 28
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Book talk : Stupid game to play		437	careyi, May 4
What Are You Reading Now? : What books are next on your reading list? Part 2		155	pologal, April 29
999 Challenge : neferteenie's 999 challenge		15	atlargeintheworld, April 28
999 Challenge : bonniebook's 999 challenge - 2009		207	bonniebooks, April 20
The Green Dragon : Most HATED books		199	cal8769, April 19
What Are You Reading Now? : Books Brought Home, April 2009		237	mckait, April 17
Virago Modern Classics : The Salon - January		136	laytonwoman3rd, April 15
Girlybooks : What Books by Women are You Reading Now? February 2009		137	cmt, March 15
Hogwarts Express : More than 6?		98	compskibook, March 5
1001 Books to read before you die : What Book From the 1001 List are You Reading: February 2009		137	joeinma, March 3
Literary Snobs : Favourites - tope Fives, Tens... that sort of thing...		47	kswolff, February 26
Book talk : Game ---->PICK A BOOK YOU HAVEN'T READ YET II		349	AMQS, February 18
999 Challenge : BritAnnia's 999 challenge		41	BritAnnia, February 17
What Are You Reading Now? : What You Are Reading the Week of 17 January 2009		239	richardderus, February 11
What Are You Reading Now? : WHY are you reading now?		115	JimThomson, February 10
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : leahmichele's 75		7	alcottacre, February 6
Book Nudgers : Nudge Sarahbird's Next 999 Book!		31	urania1, February 4
75 Books Challenge for 2008 : orangeena's 75 for 2008		169	abookofages, January 30
Girlybooks : "Wuthering Heights" on PBS		22	bleuroses, January 28
999 Challenge : Sarahbird's !		15	jbeast, January 19
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Romance - from historical to contemporary : What Are You Reading Week of January 5, 2009		40	ktleyed, January 12
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... depend on your daughter's tastes and reading ability. I know some 16 year olds would love Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, Tess and Anna Karenina, but I wouldn't have been one of them (although I now love all four). Based on what I've read, I think she should give these a try: The Handmai ...

For English LTers, can you just remind us how old that makes your daughter? I'm guessing 16-ish? If I'm right then she has some great books to choose from and I would especially recommend Things Fall Apart, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, The House of Spirits, Of Love and Shadows, Pride and Preju ...

... Outsider, Alice in Wonderland, Rebecca, A Passage to India, The Eyre Affair, Sopie's World, Lord of the Flies, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, On Chesil Beach, Life of Pi, Beloved, 1984, Frankenstein, Of Mice and Men and The Color Purple. Still quite a long list, I know, ...

... ene The Secret River, Kate Grenville The Idea of Perfection, Kate Grenville Snow Falling on Cedars, David Guterson Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy The Mayor of Casterbridge, Thomas Hardy Catch 22, Joseph Heller Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway Old Man and the Sea, E ...

WOW Stasia, what a find. Tess of the D'ubervilles is one of my favorite movies. It was produced by the cad Roman Polansky and he did an incredible job. I found thought that in reading Hardy, it was a chore. His writing seems cumbersome. I've never heard of The Dynasts...Please tell me ...

... the second volume of The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes (a huge tome!) and have just started The Omnivore's Dilemma and Tess of the d'Ubervilles.

From your lists, I loved Tess of the d'Urbervilles and the Robber Bride (both which I read this past summer). PS: I hated The Castle of Otranto too. I was just going to toss my copy in the recycling bin, but then I noticed it had some pretty cool art, so I'm going to rip out the pictures ...

Interesting thread. When I first began reading classics, I abandoned Wuthering Heights and Tess of the D'Urbervilles. I went back to them later, really enjoyed them, and they are now two of my favorites. I HATED The Shipping News, White Tiger and The Unconsoled, but finished them ...

... the slipcase has a rounded edge. Of The Mayor of Casterbridge, Under the Greenwood Tree, Far from the Madding Crowd, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, and The Trumpet Major - I don't know of any noticeable differences between printings. Do note if you are getting them individually that there ...

... The Embers by Hyatt Bass 111. Bantam of the Opera by Mary Jane Auch 112. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout 113. Tess of the D'Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy 114. Love Letters from Cell 92 by Bonhoeffer and Von Wedemeyer 115. Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery 116. Housekeeping ...

... and sure enough, it looks as though Far From the Madding Crowd, The Mayor of Casterbridge, and (surprise, surprise) Tess of the d'Urbervilles have all made it to the opera house. Interestingly, Tess' original run was interrupted by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius!!!

Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy I wanted to like this book. I really did. But Tess is such a maddeningly passive heroine that I just wanted to shake her. I did appreciate Hardy's enlightened (for the time) views on women. But I think I'll go read Jude the Obscure again. Why I ...

Well, I'm a few books away from finishing my 999, but here's what I have to date: 1. Oldest Book in My Closet: Tess of the d'Urbervilles, by Thomas Hardy 2. Books for University: Return of the Soldier, by Rebecca West 3. More Books from My Closet: Green Grass, Running Water, by Thomas Kin ...

... of Udolpho sometime in the near future! I'm not sure what's after that though - I'm definitely going to re-read Tess of the d'Urbervilles (for a book club), but I'll probably throw something else in there as well.

... to 35.) But why would you strip away the humour? What drives the writing is the humour. It's like saying what would Tess of the D'Urbervilles be without the misery: a very short book.

... look out for the film, thanks! I'm hoping to re-read Far From the Madding Crowd next month. And then The Mayor or maybe Tess. I would also like to catch up with the latest (2008 BBC) adaptation of Tess. >186 I haven't read The Victorian Chaise-Longue marise. It could be a bit too sci-f ...

... Not at all! I find Hardy can get into melodrama and horrible (over-the-top) situations. I remember trembling at the fate of Tess of the D'Ubervilles. Proust, by contrast, is all about subtlety and details. Both can be construed as criticisms of society, but their styles are completely different.

... s) 7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte 10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens 11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott 12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy (2 or 3 times) 15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier 16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien 17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulk 18 Catcher in ...

... to tread 3- Wuthering heights - started Nov 25 2009 - finished Dec 6 2009 4- Robinson Crusoe 5- Tess of the D'Urbervilles

... notice that one didn't get any votes. I may try it later--we'll see how I like the other two. I probably should reread Tess also. I might like it better now that I'm older and more realistic. (not that I'm not still a "romantic" at heart) :-)

... by Hyatt Bass 111. Bantam of the Opera by Mary Jane Auch 112. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout 113. Tess of the D'Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy 114. Love Letters from Cell 92 by Bonhoeffer and Von Wedemeyer 115. Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery 116. Hous ...

Besides Under the Greenwood Tree and Far from the Madding Crowd the only other Hardy I've read is Tess. I own three more and plan to read one next year. They are Jude the Obscure, The Return of the Native and The Mayor of Casterbridge. Any recommendations?

... of where the book was set) 5. Paula, Isabel Allende (July 28) 6. Quite a Year for Plums, Bailey White (August 29) 7. Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy (September 1) More Books from My Closet 1. The Frozen Thames, Helen Humphreys (April 2) 2. M is for Magic, Neil Gaiman (Ma ...

... of Otranto 115. Remains of the Day 116. Death in Venice 117. The Child in Time 118. To the Lighthouse 119. Tess of the d'Urbervilles 120. Beloved I notice that of the 20 books I've read this year, 13 are British. Yep, I definitely have a BritLit addiction! I hope to read 5 ...

69. Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy British literature, 1891 Rating 4.5/5 Comments: Despite it being long winded, and having several infuriating characters, I thoroughly enjoyed Tess. There's just something I love about 19th century literature. My 21st century feminist self ...

I loved Tess! Now, if you want to read more Hardy, I strongly strongly strongly recommend Far From the Madding Crowd. You won't regret it! ETA: I, too, have huge issues with my 21st century feminist self wanting to jump into 19th century novels and give the heroines my viewpoint. But I'm ...

69. Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy British literature, 1891 Rating 4.5/5 Comments: Despite it being long winded, and having several infuriating characters, I thoroughly enjoyed Tess. There's just something I love about 19th century literature. My 21st century ...

56. Quite a Year for Plums, Bailey White 57. Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy Both for my category: The Oldest Books in My Closet

I have just a few chapters of Tess of the D'Urbervilles left, so I aim to finish before midnight Pacific time so I can count this one in for August.

... novel rather than a romantic one. So what should we read for an all romantic classic where everything goes well? Not Tess of the d'Urbervilles, maybe Lady Chatterley's Lover though it is a bit modern. Any suggestions?

And I just started Tess of the d'Ubervilles.

... with quite a haul. For $45, I bought: We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Running in the Family by Michael Ondaatje Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - I've read this, of course, but I lost my copy ...

... Life and Fate, Vasily Grossman 75. The Ruby in Her Navel, Barry Unsworth 74. Lady of Quality, Georgette Heyer 73. Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy 72. The Girl Who Played with Fire, Steig Larsson 71. Telegraph Days, Larry McMurtry (audio) 70. The Age of Wonder: How the Ro ...

Two books read that fit into my categories: I finally finished Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy- well done me, I've had the book for ages and tried to read it every now and then. The funny thing is that it's not a bad book either, but I could only read it in small sections. The other ...

... by Hyatt Bass 111. Bantam of the Opera by Mary Jane Auch 112. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout 113. Tess of the D'Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy 114. Love Letters from Cell 92 by Bonhoeffer and Von Wedemeyer 115. Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery 116. Hous ...

Oh dear, I'm reading Far from the Madding Crowd right now, and I'm just not into it. I loved Tess(...) and Return of the Native, and there's nothing *specific* about this one that I don't enjoy. I think I'm just not in the mood for it right now. Still, oh dear. :( I'm going to try The ...

Finished Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Shattered. Wrecked. Heartbroken. This could've been in my "finally going to read something by" category too. How had I never read Hardy? Amazing book. Only one criticism - the ending seemed almost tacked on. Or written by someone else? Or ... maybe just ...

Tess of the d'Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy, as always, very dramatic and excellent. The Log from the Sea of Cortez is said to be the only work of nonfiction by John Steinbeck. It was quite different, quite lovely, and quite amazing. I have to force myself to read nonfiction, which is ...

Hi bee! Another LTer from Devon - that's great news. Tess was my introduction to Hardy (whom I adore) and I never looked back. ETA - You should also read lots of Daphne du Maurier (technically most of her books are set in Cornwall but there is a bit of over-the-Tamar drift going on from time ...

... collection I choose "The Mayor of Casterbridge" by Thomas Hardy. I recently watched, and liked, the PBS adaptation of "Tess of the D'Ubervilles", now I'll try reading one of Thomas Hardy's novels.

I really enjoyed Tess of the D'Urbervilles when I read it last summer, especially for her character. She's very likable, not a goody two shoes but definitely not amoral either. It was lengthy, though, and took me several weeks (I mixed in other books). If you're willing to tackle it, go for it! ...

... of the Narwhal and Servants of the Map stopped time for me in a cold month of January a couple of years ago. Hardy's Tess of the D'urbevilles and Jude the Obscure drove me into sheer anxiety! And I read The Romance Reader twice because I didn't understnd the full impact. Bee Sea ...

... by Hyatt Bass 111. Bantam of the Opera by Mary Jane Auch 112. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout 113. Tess of the D'Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy 114. Love Letters from Cell 92 by Bonhoeffer and Von Wedemeyer 115. Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery 116. Hous ...

... a View The Scarlet Letter Schindler's List Sometimes a Great Notion The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Tess of the D'Urbervilles The Thirty-Nine Steps

... 9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman 10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens 11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott 12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy 15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier 18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger 19 The Time Traveller’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger 2 ...

Through DailyLit, I'm reading Tess of the D'Urbervilles.

I'm reading Moll Flanders. The beginning reminds me a lot of Tess of the d'Urbervilles - I guess there are only so many ways to begin "fallen women" stories.

I couldn't watch it. My movie Tess of the d'Ubervilles will always be the Roman Polanski version. It imprinted on me when I was young.

They had the Masterpiece Theater of Tess of the D'Urbervilles on here a few weeks ago, but I just caught the very end. My kids were mesmerized, which surprised me a bit. The casting was really well done.

... set in the Yorkshire countryside, devoid of the usual darkness typical of other Hardy novels, such as Jude the Obscure, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Far from the Madding Crowd, and others. As always, his characters are well rounded, displaying very human flaws that make them all the more ...

... set in the Yorkshire countryside, devoid of the usual darkness typical of other Hardy novels, such as Jude the Obscure, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Far from the Madding Crowd, and others. As always, his characters are well rounded, displaying very human flaws that make them all the more ...

... to deal with. i just didn't like him and couldn't find the compassion for him i needed. i may try again. stopped tess of the d'urbervilles recently. another book i'd have gone on with if i could actually read it.

Just finished Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy which was sad, but a good read (or rather, a good listening, librivox). Now I've started listening to Alan Hollinghurst's The Line of Beauty. Should be interesting...

Tess of D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Category 7: Audiobooks What a sad story this British classic was! What unjustice! What cruelty played such a fair lady. A real tragedy! As much as one can say this about sad stories: I liked it! A real critic of victorian society as well. ...

Tess of D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Category 7: Audiobooks What a sad story this British classic was! What unjustice! What cruelty played such a fair lady. A real tragedy! As much as one can say this about sad stories: I liked it! A real critic of victorian society as well. ...

... books. About a Boy by Nick Hornby ~ my first Nick Hornby book. Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy ~ I loved Tess of the d'Urbervilles, also by Hardy Pack Up Your Gloomees in a Great Big Box, Then Sit on the Lid and Laugh by Barbara Johnson ~ I love her, she's so funny! and, ...

... ughm 3. The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood 4. Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights by John Steinbeck 5. Tess of the D'Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy 6. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 7. Evangeline by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 8. In Cold Blood by Truman C ...

... l 9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman 10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens 11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott 12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy 13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller 14 Complete Works of Shakespeare - read some, but not others... 15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurie ...

#21 Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy I enjoyed this book, but not as much as I thought I would. I just felt so badly for Tess the whole book and I wanted her to stand up for herself. I know it's a victorian novel, but wow, depressing. BUT, I was reading it while traveling in the UK ...

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Tess of the d'Ubervilles is a great, rollicking read. Where did you get that list?

... think I read a couple more in high school but am not positive). I loved To Kill a Mockingbird, Nineteen Eighty Four, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Animal Farm, Brave New World, Lolita, The Secret History, Jude the Obscure, and The Remains of the Day. - And I am oh so proud to ...

... at a charity shop on the way home at lunchtime, and for a grand total of £2.45 acquired: Mortal Causes - Ian Rankin Tess of the D'Urbevilles - Thomas Hardy The French Lieutenant's Woman - John Fowles

... Harry Potter series - JK Rowling 8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell 10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens 12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy 16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien 25 The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams 26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn W ...

... and then one of the works. I have a few of these in my TBR pile, such as Cold Comfort Farm. And I never plan to read Tess of the D'Urbervilles--too depressing--or The Five People You Meet in Heaven (although I saw the TV adaptation). But there are others I plan to get around to some day, ...

No, I haven't seen that one, issabeau. I did, however, see Timothy Dalton's movie version of Tess of the d'Ubervilles after I re-read the book last year. He makes a better heel than a hero, I think. Did he play Heathcliff?

... As for Hardy, I have returned to his novels after a break of almost 20 years! So I'm definitely overdue for a re-read of Tess, Far From a Madding Crowd etc. But I plan to read more of his lesser known works next. I have Two on a Tower and The Return of the Native awaiting. Thanks ...

Classics 1. Anna Karenina 2. Wuthering Heights 3. Jane Eyre 4. Clarissa 5. Tess of the D'Urbervilles 6. A Tale of Two Cities 7. Animal Farm 8. The Portrait of a Lady 9. Little Women

... not like a book - especially a classic. I have not read enough classics to really compare, but I would have to say I liked Tess of the d'Ubervilles better. Middlemarch gets **** out of ***** --By the way, the "Reform Bill" got thrown out in the House of Lords. :) In a post dated March 1, ...

27. Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy 1,001 Books A great life story. I really enjoyed this one.

28. Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy One of Hardy’s most famous books, followed by Jude the Obscure, about a woman’s journeys through life. Follows the life of Tess, and her family’s sudden noble lineage, as she meets Angel, then Alec and in the future when she finds true love ...

Loved The Reader by Bernhard Schlink. Tess of The D'Urbervilles is also an old favorite, although Thomas Hardy does write some bleak stuff. Happy reading!

Just finished Tess of the D'Urbervilles. I was going to give Northanger Abbey a shot, but I was craving a re-read of Brideshead.

59. Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

#61 I didn't like Tess. Though it's been several years. Maybe I just didn't have enough perspective to enjoy it ... or maybe it needed some zombies. Interesting that you liked a different Thomas Hardy book. Maybe I should give it a try.

>#63: Are there zombies in Tess ? Don't bother with Mayor, it's not on the list. Obviously not worthwhile. read The Faraway Tree Collection instead.

I've just started listening to a Librevox recording of Tess of D'Urbervilles, suprisingly good reader, and the sound is good as well.

... no more "dated" and difficult to relate to than some of the other novels I read in my junior year--The Scarlet Letter, Tess of the D'urbervilles, etc.

... n'est-ce pas?) pour attquer certains livres et découvrir ensuite des histoires passionnantes. Par exemple j'ai commencé Tess d'Urberville sous l'auto-contrainte je l'ai lu avec plaisir et fini avec tristesse.

... George Eliot (4) The Library at Night by Alberto Manguel (4) The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (4) Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy (4) The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent (4)

Wow, thanks for all the suggestions! So far, here's how the tally looks: The Remains of the Day - 14 nudges Tess of the D'Ubervilles - 9 nudges Howard's End - 4 nudges Omnivore's Dilemma - 3 nudges Hard-boiled Wonderland - 2 nudges Jamaica Inn - 2 nudges Midnight in the Garden ...

The Remains of the Day and Tess! (... and not just because I was influenced by all the shouting ;P)

... The Brutal Art, Booksloth, and dianestm you read some of my favorites - Rebecca, The Road, The Catcher in the Rye, Tess of the d'Urbervilles. I wish I had time to read that many books. I agree with Booksloth, dianestm - please tell us which you liked the best. And tell me what ...

... very confused and lonely young man lacking any direction Belonging by Sameen Ali - 3 1/2 stars, very moving biography Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy - 2 stars, struggled through this one The Life and Death of Laura Friday and of Pavarotti, her Parrot by David Murphy - 4 stars, ...

... confess I've rather halted on Lark Rise for the Virago Group but will pick it up in the next day or two. Watching MPT's Tess and Wuthering Heights and the new Sense and Sensibility, my cuppeth overfloweth! Oh, and then there's Miss Cather in the wings!

... Salt; I wanted to like it but just couldn't get through it (and I'm a big historical fiction fan). I'll give a nudge to Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Howard's End and The Remains of the Day, in that order.

... and can say that, of those I've read, there's not a bad one in the bunch. For top two, I'd say Remains of the Day and Tess of the D'Urbervilles

... because they're all amazing books. I can just about whittle it down to a top 3 - Remains of the Day, Jamaica Inn and Tess. Okay, I'll nudge Remains of the Day. Or Tess. Or Jamaica Inn. God, this is hard. A nudge for each one, then. Remains of the Day.

... pile. Which unfortunately means I haven't read any of them. But I would order my top 3 this way: The Omnivores Dilemma, Tess of the D'Ubervilles, and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.

I would also nudge Tess of the D'Urbervilles - I was nudged to it last year and I agree with lilisin - it is a marvellous read.

I like your list, but like lilisin I've only read Tess of the D'Ubervilles. and so so long ago. Definitely give it a nudge but also will nudge Jamaica Inn as Du Maurier's Rebecca is so good.

Some good choices in there. I've only read Tess of the D'Ubervilles which was excellent so I can definitely recommend that. But Ishiguro and Murakami are also excellent authors so I'll nudge them as 2nd and 3rd place. :)

... by Kazuo Ishiguro Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami Howards End by E.M. Forster Tess of the D'Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy Julie and Julia by Julie Powell The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann Midnight in ...

... The best version I've seen to date is the one with Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche. (But I did like the new Tess).

... The best version I've seen to date is the one with Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche. (But I did like the new Tess.

... such a long waiting list I can't renew it. Until I get another copy in my hand this one is on hold. I have started Tess of the D'Urbervilles and C is for Corpse in the meantime.

... start doing it. Reading: The Host - put on hold until I can get another copy ... library book was due Tess of the D'Urbervilles C is for Corpse

... - Kathryn Davis Shattered: a High Risk Novel - Joann Ross **To Be Read:** The Mill On the Floss- George Eliot Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy Emma - Jane Austen (reread) Adam Bede - George Eliot North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell Fire and ice - Julie Garwood ...

... that Part 2 is not as popular as Part 1, so now I understand why. Reading: If You Want to Write the Host Tess of the D'Ubervilles

... Wells 97. The Time Machine H.G. Wells 98. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle 99. Tess of the D'Urbervilles Thomas Hardy 100.The Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson 101.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark ...

30. Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Finished 24 January 09.

Book No. 20 Tess of the DÚrbervilles by Thomas Hardy 2 stars I tried to read this year ago and gave up. This time around I perserved and finished the book. I found it very slow and I did not warm to any of the characters at all.

... time to do so. This challenge should help motivate me and boost the number of books I read per year. Lets start with: 1) Tess of the D'Urbervilles I am going to pick it out tomorrow from my college library. Wish me luck!

... bookmooch and am reluctant to, so guess I'll pick it up sometime down the road. #30 ktleyed - I love Thomas Hardy! Tess of the d'Urbervilles and The Mayor of Castorbridge are also good reads. I still haven't read Jude the Obscure, but it's on my tbr pile. I'm reading China Road ...

PBS/Masterpiece Theatre Update: Last few days to watch Tess of the D'Ubervilles online HERE Sunday night (January 18th) premiers Wuthering Heights which will be available ...

... Wedding Officer by Anthony Capella IV. Classics 6/9 1. Beloved by Toni Morrison 2. Tess of the D'Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy 3. Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote 4. Pnin by Vladmir Nabokov 5. The Fema ...

Tess of the D'Urbervilles was the first book from the classic "canon" of literature that I read on my own without being made to in school. It made a BIG impression on me and turned me on to reading literary classics for fun which eventually resulted in my being an English Literature major in ...

... of it too? It wasn't bad, but I still preferred the Julie Christie version. I love Farmer Oak. I still have no idea what Tess of the D'Urbervilles is even about - something about a rape? That's all I know.

... the film with Julie Christie, which I also love. I just finished watching Masterpiece Theatre's new production of Tess of the D'Urbervilles and thought it was the best I'd ever seen!

Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles starts on PBS tonight (if I heard the TV right). Better start a thread here and get some hankies next to the bed.

... - Virginia Woolf (June) 6. "Captains Courageous" - Rudyard Kipling (July) 7. "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" - Thomas Hardy (July) 8. "Nineteen Eighty Four" - George Orwell 9. "The Stranger" - Albert Camus (Sept ...

... Plus, it'll be easy to go back and see specifically what I enjoyed about a book. For I know that in high school I read Tess of the d'Ubervilles and I remember it being excellent -- I even wrote two essays about it -- and yet I can't for the life of me remember what it is about. I even read ...

Tess of the d'Ubervilles and The Ladies' Paradise are both very good.

... Hardy, 1970's (If purpose of deletions is to reduce the number of Zola's works on list, this is an ok removal) 61. Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy, 1960's 62. Jude the Obscure, Thomas Hardy, 2006 63. Quo Vadis, Sienkiewicz, 1960's 64. The Turn of the Screw, Henry James ...

#11 - I read Tess of the D'Urbervilles before Christmas as a result of a book nudge - loved it - hopefully we might get to see the new production midyear in the southern hemisphere.

englishrose, but of course! Do make yourself comfy, and Tui too! Will anyone be watching the new Tess of the D'Urbervilles this evening on Masterpiece Theatre?

Sorry it's a bit late but just stopped in to thank all of the recommendations and especially the the nudge for Tess of the d'Urbervilles. It was an excellent book and has made me determined to read more of Thomas Hardy in 2009. Thank you all very much and Happy New Year.

... summer I sometimes walk home from work. (cl=currently listening to) 7.1 Pyramiden by Henning Mankell DONE 7.2 Tess of D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy DONE 7.3 The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst DONE 7.4 Jernvognen (Radioteateret) by Stein Riverton DONE ...

... by Nicholas A. Basbanes The Library at Night by Alberto Manguel Some classics (and books about the classics, lol): Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Tea with Jane Austen by Kim Wilson Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen Villette ...

I have read Tess of the D'Urbervilles (unfortunately), but I've never read War of the Worlds.

I've read Marley and Me (sob!!) But I've never read Tess of the Durbevilles

... the mother character was so rejecting. Ugh, she was awful. One of the few books I've never finished. Then there's Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Fabulous book, but I was (and am still, now I think of it) so furious at Angel Clare I can hardly believe it. What a jerk!! And honorable ...

Silas Marner is by George Eliot. If you haven't read Tess of the d'Ubervilles, that's a fast-paced Hardy that's hard to put down. The Mayor of Casterbridge is also fun. I love how scandalous and off beat Hardy's books are despite his appearance as a stogy old man.

1. Classics 1. Rebecca: Daphne Du Maurier - 5 stars 2. Tess of the D'Urbervilles: Thomas Hardy - 2 stars 3. Emma: Jane Austen 4. Wuthering Heights: Emily Bronte - 3 stars 5. To Kill a Mockingbird: Harper Lee - 4 1/2 ...

... Woolf (read) 3. Det skvallrande hjärtat by Edgar Allan Poe (read) 4. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (read) 5. Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy (read) 6. The war of the worlds by H G Wells (read) 7. Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (read) 8. The Time Mac ...

I choose Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy from ktbarnes's library.

Classics 1. Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy 2. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 3. Dracula by Bram Stoker 4. Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 5. Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott 6. The Italian by Ann Radcliffe 7. 8. 9.

Tess of the D'Urbervilles - which, if you want misery, I suggest you read.

#15: Yeah, Tess of the d'Urbervilles. Holy cow, what a depresso-fest.

... of where the book was set) 5. Paula, Isabel Allende (July 28) 6. Quite a Year for Plums, Bailey White (August 29) 7. Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy (September 1) 8. Sweeter Than All the World, Rudy Wiebe (September 9) 9. The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway (Nov 25) In 20 ...

A belated nudge for Tess of the d'Urbervilles here ... I hope you are enjoying it!

Tess of the d'Urbervilles is excellent. Prepare to shed some tears.

I don't think you can go wrong with Tess of the d'Urbervilles. But I am nearly finished with People of the Book and cannot express enough my enthusiasm for it! Perhaps my most enjoyable read this year....

... style was too difficult and cumbersome. His writing reminded me of the books of Thomas Hardy. I loved the movie Tess of the D'Urberville's the cinematography was stunningly beautiful...But, when I read the book, it was too frustratingly hard to follow...worse than nails on chalk.....o ...

Hey, Amanda, I didn't say mean things about Tess--I've never read it and plan to one day. All I said is that one of my good friends didn't like it. I will not go to the naughty corner (stomping foot and sticking out tongue).

Thank you everybody for the nudges - Tess received the most nudges so I am off to start reading it now -

varielle & Nickelini: For saying mean things about Tess of the d'Urbervilles, go straight to the naughty corner.

... could, because of how much I enjoyed the Assia Djebar that I read recently. Of those that I've read, I'd nudge Tess or The Reluctant Fundamentalist, depending on whether you're in the mood for a short, well-written, thought-provoking read (Hamid) or a long, well-written, ...

... the POV than anything). But it's a very quick read, so you could read it in a day or two and move on to something else. Tess has been in my TBR for years and I look forward to reading it, but a good friend of mine utterly loathed it, and I respect her taste, so I've been reluctant to pick it ...

... Greenwood Tree is one that I have not read. Far from the Madding Crowd, Mayor of Casterbridge, Jude the Obscure, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, and Return of the Native are the ones I recall reading right now. I went through a real Hardy period a while back. All the ones I read except ...

... it at school in Latin, and even then it was fascinating. (Have just added it to my Bookmooch wishlist!) I haven't read Tess. It was a generally loathed text for 7th Form (year 12) English, which I didn't take, and that's put me off for 20 years...

*sheepish* I just hated Tess of the d'Urbervilles. I was so irate I may have tossed it across the room, but I appear to be outnumbered.

I'll add to the chorus and nudge Tess of the d'Urbervilles because it's the only one that I have read. In saying that it was quite good to read.

Tess of the d'Urbervilles!

The only one on your list I have read is Tess of the d'Urbervilles so I'm going to nudge that one.

And another nudge for Tess of the d'Urbervilles. Sadly People of the Book didn't live up to my expetations either.

Another nudge for Tess of the d'Urbervilles here. I read and was disappointed in the People of the Book. I had such high hopes for it, too... I'm currently reading Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin and I think I'd recommend it instead of the other one.

Oh, yes, Tess of the d'Urbervilles is a must-read. I haven't read any of the others, although several are in my stacks. I tried an excerpt from People of the Book and was not inspired to read further.

Yes, Tess of the d'Urbervilles.

Tess of the d'Urbervilles nudged by an ardent Hardy fan.

... Reluctant Fundamentalist Mohsin Hamid The Early History of Rome Titus Livy Rugged Angel Vince Kelly Tess of the d'Urbervilles Thomas Hardy Children of the New World Assia Djebar The Ladies' Paradise Emile Zola Cullum E Arnot Robertson Pleasures ...

... a tough time though and I needed something light and easy that would not make me think of bad things. After reading Tess of the D'ubervilles I cried for a few hours. It was exhausting. I then decided one day that I would, against my better judgement, check out a regency romance. It ...

43. Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

Here's what I wrote on the last "what should we read next" thread: I like Ivanhoe, The Odyssey, Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Dr. Zhivago. A few from past votes that I wouldn't mind revisiting are Wives and Daughters, Vanity Fair, and The Count of Monte Cristo. Having already read ...

Here's what I wrote on the last "what should we read next" thread - it still stands: I like Ivanhoe, The Odyssey, Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Dr. Zhivago. A few from past votes that I wouldn't mind revisiting are Wives and Daughters, Vanity Fair, and The Count of Monte Cristo. ...

... Quixote, The Count of Monte Cristo and The Illiad on my shelves, so I'd vote for any of those. Can I vote against Tess of the D'Urbervilles?? I had to read it at school, and loathed it beyond measure!

My TBR list includes.... A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino ...

... if you've already read them. I enjoy most types of books—a fairly low tolerance for the super-depressing stuff (Tess of the D'Urbervilles will never be my cup of tea) and pure chick lit, but everything else is considered fair game. LT in general, and this forum, in specific, have ...

aaaacchhhhh! Tess of the D'Ubervilles was one of the most depressing books I've ever read. It kept going from bad to worse all for 5 days of happiness? By the end, I wanted to be in Tess's place and have someone raise a black flag for me! I've either got to find an upbeat book or get started ...

The Location of Culture by Homi K. Bhabha. Finished reading Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles just last week. My brain is leaking, between those two.

... a matter of personal interpretation, but I have always found Hardy's "Wessex Novels", particularly Jude the Obscure and Tess of the D'Urbervilles to be rather atheistic, or at least quite existential. The tragic characters seem to be at the complete mercy of the universe, with no sense of ...

Last week I read Tess of the D'Urbervilles. I'm now halfway through Anna Karenina, and after that I've got a choice of either Nobel-prize-winning Doris Lessing's The Golden Notebook, or Woolf's Mrs Dalloway. I reckon I'll plump for the former. I love love love the Russians - Anna Karenina ...

... interesting, doesn't seem long enough to sustain a group read. That's just me, though. I like Ivanhoe, The Odyssey, Tess and Dr. Zhivago. A few from past votes that I wouldn't mind revisiting are Wives and Daughters, Vanity Fair, and The Count of Monte Cristo.

I would read Tess of the D'urbervilles too. Everyone else is so much better at suggesting books!

... because (how stupid can I be) I left Midnight's Children in France!! Says a lot for the book. Anyway, I digress. Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy I would love and also I have never read Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott. In addition I would be interested in The Iliad ...

... up about thirty pages from the end (... maybe twenty!). Other than that, the only other classics I've read to date are Tess and The Odyssey... for which I loved the Fagles translation.

At the top of my Classics I wish to read list is..... Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott Wow ... it's been a long-long time since I read Moby Dick; I'll need to muddle that suggestion around a bit! But ...

1. Pride and Prejudice 2. The Black Tulip 3. Crime and Punishment 4. Tess of the D'urbervilles 5. Jude the Obscure 6. Jane Eyre 7. Wuthering Heights 8. The Count of Monte Cristo 9. My Antonia 10. Vanity Fair Not in any particular order (except numbers 1 and 2).

No particular order: Tess of the D'Urbervilles Alice's Adventures in Wonderland et seq. Jane Eyre The Count of Monte Cristo Little Women A Little Princess A Tale of Two Cities Great Expectations Sherlock Holmes stuff Romeo and Juliet Othello

1. Sense and Sensibility 2. Middlemarch 3. Nicholas Nickleby 4. David Copperfield 5. Tom Jones 6. Tess of the d'Urbervilles 7. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 8. Wuthering Heights 9. The Picture of Dorian Gray 10. Jane Eyre

... some theories about how to interpret a particular scene in the woods" Evidently that's not supposed to be the case in Tess of the D'Urbervilles, seeing as how the rest of the plot turns on what happens in that scene in the woods. But, when I read it in high school, I totally did not ...

... story, it's a love story like The Letters of Abelard and Heloise is a love story; like Geek Love was a love story; like Tess of the D'Urbervilles is a love story. The narrator is forced to constantly reassess both himself and Marianna throughout the course of the novel, just as people is a ...

... 1340-1397" for A Distant Mirror. I also spotted an interesting, if unusual, variation of the extra-comma version for Tess of the d'Urbervilles. "Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 Tess of the d' Urbervilles" is followed by the same with a period between Hardy's dated and the book's title. 3 ...

I note Tess of the D'Urbervilles on your tbr pile. I think Thomas Hardy's writing is very stilted and difficult to follow. However, Roman Polansky's award-winning movie Tess was an incredibly beautiful production.

... lit classes in college, but this work in a high school? The closest I have to a relevant (in this regard) defense is Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Hardy; the rape scene there is alluded to when it happens, but you're sure by the end and it really is a point the work hinges on, moreso than ...

"Yes-for a holiday; for a long holiday," Tess of the d'Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy "Do you believe what you paint?"

finished Tess of the D'Urbervilles which I loved. Now just starting Bonfire of the Vanities which I've never read before. I loved I am Charlotte Simmons so much decided I should try out Wolfe's most famous -- OK so far, but I think its just going to feel dated for obvious reasons.

... K by David James Duncan 2. The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman 3. A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth 4. Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy 5. Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

... but it gets better. Overall, I am glad I read it, but definately NOT on my - will read again someday list. I am reading Tess of the d'Urbervilles right now, and loving it.

jhowell: I reread Tess back in January. It's definately one of my favorite angst-romantics. It's something of a grown up Jane Eyre.

I am reading Tess of the D'urbervilles this weekend. Quite enjoyable in a quiet way. I am on a classics kick lately. Read The Brothers Karamazov-- enjoyable yet a bit of a chore, Brave New World - pretty good, but not my favorite subject matter, To the Ligthouse -- elegant and beautiful, ...

Yes to Shirley. How about Tess of the D'Urbervilles then?

... Genius of Abraham Lincoln * The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality * Tess of the d'Urbervilles * The Trial of Joan of Arc * Conquering Gotham: Building Penn Station and Its Tunnels And that's only the books by ...

Some of the suggested books are rather unknown to me. These are: Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy Tess of the D'Urberville by Thomas Hardy Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton The Golden Bowl by Henry James -------------------- ...

... - Elizabeth Gaskell - 2 Buddenbrooks - Thomas Mann = 2 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas = 2 Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy = 2 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo = 3 The Brothers Karamozov - Fyodor Dostoyevsky = 3 Wuthering Heights - Emil ...

... I can't force myself to trudge through the harder bits. My vote for next book would go to any of the following: Tess of the D'Urbervilles Madame Bovary Les Miserables The Age of Innocence The Portrait of a Lady

... -- but not with this book. What about.... WUTHERING HEIGHTS by Emily Bronte Lust for Life by Irving Stone TESS Of The D'URBERVILLES by Thomas Hardy I'm open... Looking forward to see other suggestions.

For the record, the next BBC productions, due later this year, are Tess and Little Dorrit, which strike me as very unimaginative. Cranford is returning as a two-part special at Xmas but it will not be based on a Gaskell story. 26 - the BBC probably think I'm a crackpot because I keep ...

... TBR pile include; Classics: Pride and Prejudice Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Maurice Moby Dick Tess of the D’Urbervilles Tom Jones Island of Dr. Moreau Lord Jim Around the World in Eighty Days Madam Bovary Modern Classics: Brideshead Revisi ...

... nice notes! My "English Novel of the 19th Century" class covered Jane Eyre, David Copperfield, The Mill on the Floss, Tess of the D'ubervilles, Dracula, and The Picture of Dorian Gray. The cool thing was that it turned out that we happened to be a small class of all women (including ...

... of people on LT are reading Middlemarch, so I clicked over to the book page and read about it. How does it compare to Tess of the d'Urbervilles? The book description made me think of both Tess and Vanity Fair. BTW... I figured since everyone's reading it, I have to, so I put it on ...

> I'm with you on Tess of the D'Urbervilles. I think it was the only book I didn't finish for my high school English class. I got as far as Angel's rejection after she was trying to be completely truthful and threw it across the room. Of course, modern advise columnists would probably have ...

I have a lasting dislike of Tess of the D'Urbervilles. I read it for my A Levels and absolutely hated it and the way Thomas Hardy painstakingly described every blade of grass under a cow's feet (and there were many cows). I also disliked Tess as a protagonist. I think she was such a ...

... Austen Emma by Jane Austen Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Persuasion by Jane Austen Lady Susan by Jane Austen Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Without any hesitation: Tess of the d'Ubervilles and it was for class, so I had to read the whole thing. It was definitely one of those moments, when I finished it, where I wanted to throw the book across the room.

I enjoyed Tess of the D'Ubervilles as well!

I am reading Tess of the D'ubervilles which is very good, wouldnt really expect anything less!

... gonna make mine a book-to-book as well. Right now I'm reading Atonement and I'd have to say, If you like that you'd love Tess of the d'Urbervilles. It feels so much like Tess... McEwan feels the need to describe every blade of grass and lichen on a fountain, which is soo Hardy.

... was a very descriptive and emotional tale of a sheltered young woman and her relationships with two men. Reminiscent of Tess of the d'Urbevilles. A Virago Modern Classic Recommended

... Non-fiction; Judging Dev Kings of September Musicophilia Every Single Ball Recommendations; Anna Karenina Tess of the d'Urbervilles Lanark Books not originally written in English; The Tain Crime and Punishment Crime and Detection Novels; Halloween Party ...

... Austen War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy The Complete Oscar Wilde C.S. Lewis For the Third Millenium by Peter Kreeft Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Yay for used book stores! :D

... promising actually...a lampoon of the rural English novel. Should do nicely after reading Lady Chatterley's Lover and Tess of the D'Urbervilles.

I'm rereading two books from the list for class next week, Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy (yes its depressing, but its a fantastic book) and Confessions and Private Memoirs of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg (19th century Scottish Gothic-ish novel critiquing radical Calvinism, quite ...

... England by John Dover Wilson Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Carrie's War by Nina Bawden The Big Nowhere by James Ellroy Great Expectations by Charles Dickens The Hi ...

... drivelling, whiny, spoiled brat seriously in need of a board meeting in the bathroom, IF ya know what I mean. Tess of the d'Urbervilles is another book I read when I was a teen, probably around 16, and loved. I thought it terribly romantic and looked at the world through it. I ...

... left out some great books, however: 1. Anna Karenina 2. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 3. A Farewell to Arms 4. Tess of the D'Urbervilles t5. The Painted Veil t5. Swann's Way Honorable Mention Atonement Les Miserables One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

... pretty cool and a real quick read, but not really anything thats going to stay with me. This week I'm supposed to reread Tess of the D'Urbervilles, which I loved when I read it last year, but since I've read it so recently I might spend the time on something else.

My theme is women and beauty (because I am so lovely!), so feel free. Adam Bede and Tess of the D'urbervilles would make great "classics" on the women and religion/spirituality theme. Ditto the memoirs of Lady Murasaki or Pearl Buck's The Pavilion of Women.

... Jane Gardham 10. Mao's Last Dancer: Li Cunxin 11. The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox: Maggie O'Farrell 12. Tess of the d'Urbervilles: Thomas Hardy Of the above, I really enjoyed The Kite Runner and Mao's Last Dancer. Although only one was non-fiction, both were ...

... With the first book of the month under my belt I have now read at least one book from each of my 8 categories - yay! 12. Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Assigned category: (3) Books first published prior to 1950 (1/8) Could have been categorised as: (1) 1001 Books... 13. Th ...

... though, was that I read it when I was about 15 or 16, and I actually BELEIVED crap like that could really happen. I read Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Pride and Prejudice, and Madame Bovary all around the same time as JE, and was really screwed-up for the next ten years. Reality can be ...

... times now, and have yet to get to the alternate world. I dislike anything Hemingway. He's wordy and boring. I liked Tess of the D'Urbervilles, but it was definately a forced effort. She is not for the faint of heart or narcoleptic.

Not counting children's books, so far I've read Tess of the D'Urbervilles, and I'm currently reading Annie Freeman's Traveling Funeral by Kris Radish and The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli.

My class started with Frankenstein and Oliver Twist, and we've still to read Adam Bede by George Eliot, Tess of the D'Urbevilles by Thomas Hardy, She by H. Rider Haggard, The Heavenly Twins by Sarah Grand, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Wilde, and The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins. ...

... in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon 8. After the Quake by Haruki Murakami Books that were replaced on the list Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Saturday by Ian McEwan

... the call So I sprayed it right on to your wall: THY DAMNATION SLUMBERETH NOT' Which any Hardy fan will recognise from Tess of the D'Urbevilles Another HMHB song opens with the line: 'My hands are stained with thistle-milk'

... reading classics? If so what are some of your favorites? I've always loved Wuthering Heights, Pride and Prejudice, Tess of the D'urbervilles, Native Son and Cry, the Beloved Country. These are only five, but I love many, many more. I like the characters in these books and the ...

... 'the fallen woman' in 19th century literature. Seems everyone had something to say on the subject. There was, of course, Tess of the D'urbervilles by Hardy, No Name by Wilkie Collins, and Adam Bede by George Eliot (now wouldn't this be an interesting group of books for a book group to ...

... as if it were not important. Austen and Hardy show us how a well-crafted plot can make a novel more literary, not less. Tess of the D'Urbervilles is the Hardy novel many people were forced to read in school; I don't think it's necessarily his best, and I find it very depressing, though it's ...

I read 13 this year. Here are my top 5 (some of which I see others have also loved): Tess of the D'Urbervilles To Kill a Mockingbird (re-read) Cloud Atlas The Grapes of Wrath Sense and Sensibility

I thoroughly enjoyed A Thousand Splendid Suns. A surprise close second for me was Tess of the D'Urbervilles.

... -- The Three Musketeers George Eliot -- Silas Marner Robert Frost -- a pretty good bit of his poetry Thomas Hardy -- Tess of the D'Urbervilles Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables, short stories O. Henry -- short stories Baroness Orczy -- The Sca ...

I finished Tess of the D'Urbervilles on Thursday, and just loved it. I'm now reading The Way the Crow Flies. I enjoyed another book by MacDonald, Fall on Your Knees, so when I found this one at a library book sale a few months ago, I snapped it up. It's a long book (800 pages!) so it will ...

... The Mayor of Casterbridge, for instance, is basically a Greek tragedy with a corn and feed merchant as protagonist. Tess of the d'Urbervilles is the same thing with a milkmaid; Far from the madding crowd the same thing with a shepherd, etc. If the language and the obsession with ...

I finished Wide Sargasso Sea, which I thought was just OK. I'm now reading Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Not too far in yet, but I am finding it easier going than expected. I've not read Thomas Hardy before.

I finished Wide Sargasso Sea, which I thought was just OK. I'm now reading Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Not too far in yet, but I am finding it easier going than expected.

... (I try to alternate genres a bit and have been heavy on the crime, thriller, mystery category lately). I think I'll try Tess of D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy.

... Sargasso Sea - review, OK but not as good as I'd hoped. 63. Tess of the D'Urbervilles - review, truly wonderful!!

... the face of a crisis'. Now this may have been based on the 'classics' I had to read for school - Catcher in the Rye, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, etc. But I have tried reading mainstream fiction and disliked everything I've tried (and I have only recently developed the ability to stop ...

... by Vilhelm Moberg Cold Comfort Farm The Go-Between The Grass is Singing The Rainbow The Tree of Man Tess of the d'Urbervilles Far from the Madding Crowd La terre The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady Lark Rise to Candleford : A Trilogy A Thousand Acres Ea ...

... at the time I read Shadow Lord I was reading _every_ ST novel as it came out!) and still totally fails. So I hate Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Their Eyes Were Watching God and many others...but I wouldn't consider them bad. Oh, and I read the first Harry Potter book and never ...

... mentioned so far, i've really enjoyed some of the lighter fare: The Bonfire of the Vanities To Kill a Mockingbird Tess of the d'Urbervilles The Prince and the Pauper One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and In Cold Blood are also quite good. i'm debating picking up Dangerous Li ...

... of Dr. Moreau by H G Wells 5. The Time Machine by H G Wells 6. Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy 7. Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy 8. The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy 9. Ben Hur by Lew Wallace 10. The Woman in White by Wilkie Coll ...

... evil and for his friends. Find Me, Judas Child and Dead Famous by Carol O'Connell have also gotten me good. Tess of the D'Urbervilles.

... back to. If you're prepared to go back a couple of decades, Thomas Hardy is agrarian fiction: especially Tess of the d'Urbervilles (self-destructive female protagonist but very good on the changes in dairy farming due to the railways) and Far from the madding crowd (indecisiv ...

... So, all of Margaret Atwood's fiction would be "FIC ATWOOD." And The Mayor of Casterbridge and Tess of the D'Urbervilles would both be listed under "FIC HARDY" -- as would Thomas Hardy's other books. The other thing BPL does is label all its ...

... Not by Ernest Hemingway The Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith Dr No by Ian Fleming Never Say Die by Tess Gerritsen The Book of Not:Stopping the Time by Tsitsi Dangarembga

... so they will be able to recognize something good when they find it. On the top of my worst list from high school days is Tess of the D'Urbervilles closely followed by Moby Dick and The Catcher in the Rye.

Tess of the D'Urbervilles sticks out in my mind. I got halfway through, thanks to the nice desciptive writing, but the utter dryness won out. The nice thing about this book-bashing is finding out you're not alone in hating a particular novel, especially is it's much-loved or a classic. So ...

... some of my all-time favorite books this year -- Mill on the Floss, Name of the Rose, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, The Historian. I am impressed with the number of books you've read so far. How do you find time to do anything else?? I am very jealous!

Just to confuse everyone :-) Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Under Milk Wood : a play for voices by Dylan Thomas Mad cows by Kathy Lette An ice-cream war by William Boyd Wallace & Gromit Cheese Lover's Yearbook by Geoff Tibballs

I got two new books over the weekend: Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

49. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling 50. Tess of the d'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy Really looking forward to July 21st now that I've refreshed my memory as to the Harry Potter series. The sixth one isn't my favorite, but it isn't my least favorite either, so I ...

... and really liked it. Unfortunately, I was the only one in the class who did. I hope you like it too! I'm just starting Tess of the d'Urbervilles and realizing how much I love Hardy's writing style. I really loved Far from the Madding Crowd and I'm glad I can now get into his work. I'm ...

"And you say your people have lost their horse?" Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy.

... desk and nightstand. Sometimes I meander through a variety of subjects as the fancy strikes. Lately I've read Jane Eyre, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Triangle: The Fire That Changed America, and now The Civil War: A Narrative. Other times I work my way methodically through a subject or ...

... binge. Two Janet Evanovich books arrived the other day. Today I received: - Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen - Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy These are two of my choices for a classics reading challenge beginning in July ... and are on the "1001 books to read before ...

... n Mansfield Park - Jane Austen The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins The Champion - Elizabeth Chadwick Tess of the d'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy I have no restraint. =(

... century romanticism would include Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, The Mayor of Casterbridge or Jude the Obscure or Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy For a take on American classics try Twain or a couple of magnificent short story writers O. Henry and Bret Harte ...

... of posts, people have covered almost all the books I've ever really disliked (a long list, at the top of which would be Tess of the D'Urbervilles, The Pearl, and Crime and Punishment), but it appears my most hated book of all time has gone unmentioned. It's A Death in the Family by Ja ...

... Written" collection by The Easton Press. They ship one classic book a month. I finished Moby Dick by Herman Melville, Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, and I am working on Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence right now.

Sophie's Choice by William Styron - Sophie's Choice Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally - Schindler's List Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy - Tess Restoration by Rose Tremain - Restoration

... : Out of Sheer Rage (r) NF 39. Guillermo Martinez : The Oxford Murders (r) F 40. Thomas Hardy : Tess of the d'Urbervilles (n) F 41. Thomas Torrance : God and Rationality (r) NF 42. Michael Waterman : Introduction to Computational Biology (r) ...

... experience. House on Mango Street was a joke. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn was a bore just like The Glass Menagerie. Tess of the D'Urbervilles was terribly depressing but very true. The Message in Black Boy pissed me off and A Raison in the Sun was pointless. But nevertheless I am ...

The first middle eastern cookbook I bought is still one that I go back to: Tess Mallos The Complete Middle East Cookbook (The Complete Middle East Cookbook by Tess Mallos. Hardcover, 1995. ISBN 1898697361 - since the touchstones SUCK right now :( ). If you are looking for a basic book that ...

Loved Tess, but hated Jude the Obscure. There was a moment when I threw the book across the room, I was so mad at it and its fatalism. I think Shakespeare on the page is so different than Shakespeare on-stage, they're not even the same experience at all. I have loved both.

In her fine new biography Thomas Hardy, Claire Tomalin points out that TH's most famous novel Jude the Obscure was found intensely shocking when it first appeared in Nov. 1895, and even today, she says "reading Jude is like being hit in the face over and over again". Well, so far I'v ...

... in the LA Canyons, 1967-1976 and am enjoying it. It's by Barney Hoskyns. #19: Have reserved Claire Tomalin's Thomas Hardy as, like yourself, have been an admirer of Hardy for many years. Going to Dorset this year on hols so shall visit his place. (touchstone trouble again)

Hey Sean L, I thought Claire Tomalin's Thomas Hardy biography was just superb. I knew little of Hardy's origins and life, nor of the fact of his completely eschewing fiction for poetry after Jude the Obscure, so Tomalin's book was a revelation on several levels. I've read several of Hardy' ...

... not a dud in this whole bunch and it's highly recommended stuff. I just started Claire Tomalin's new biography Thomas Hardy and have already noticed that she seems to be highlighting Hardy's poetry as opposed to his novels, which is fine, a bit of a refreshing approach too I think, ...

Another vote against Tess of the D'Urbervilles. But then, I probably did start it too young. Also, I blame myself for not having the patience for descriptive writing. I would also like to stand up for Tolkien. It is not some lengthy made up fantasy, nor (as Tolkien wrote himself) is it ...

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... because it's assumed that everyone knows the plot, ending, and major themes and they often give everything away. It ruined Tess of the D'ubervilles *SPOILER* when I found out by reading a footnote from the third chapter that she died in the end. Anyway, I didn't know that like Ms. Gaskell ...

... A Tale of Two Cities and I adore it. But then, I like anything that has to do with the French Revolution. I never read Tess of the D'Urbervilles, but I listened to most of it on audiotape and thought it was dreadful. Another classic I couldn't stand was The Diary of Anne Frank. I couldn't ...

... 19th century 'lost-love' book. After reading sooo many ill-fated stories ending horribly like Anna Karenina (suicide) or Tess of the d'Urbervilles (death sentence), it was so refreshing to see a book portray it more realistically. Yes, some people kill themselves or someone else when their ...

... The Taming of the Shrew, The French Lieutenant's Woman, Great Expectations, collected poems of Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D'urbervilles, and The Winter's Tale.

... How is it different from the others? It seems to work really well, whatever it does (although it is funny I should read Tess of the D'Urbervilles because I own Life with Jeeves and Why Do Dogs Have Wet Noses?).

For starters I'd have to say both Tess of the D'Urbervilles and To Kill a Mockingbird were wonderful. I'll have to think some more, though. It's been a LOOOOONG time since HS for me.

So it's still ok for us country folk to read Hardy? ;-) (I did Tess and some of his poetry for A level and thoroughly enjoyed it!) I also think more teens than you'd imagine have been in something approximating Romeo and Juliet's situation - it just requires a little recasting and ...

... Dickens. The only thing more depressing than reading something by him is the fatal combination of The Awakening and Tess that was supposed to teach us about "proto-feminism" in junior year of high school. I've never wanted to slap two female characters more. Edna for being a whiny baby, ...

Still in Tess of the D'Urbervilles (started two weeks+ ago, slow going); Hannibal by Thomas Harris, just for fun; and Who's Afraid of the Bwgan-Wood? for "research" (to prepare myself to read it to my son). Anne Lewis is a new author for me, but there are three in the Bwgan-Wood ...

... ever ~ ever ~ always makes me cry at the end. Then there's Nigel Trantor's The Islesman for a little lightness. And Tess of the D'Urbervilles which i am utterly ashamed to confess never having read. Not very much at the moment, come to think of it. L.

Surprisingly, there seems to be a bit of a consensus here. The Old Man and The Sea is a pet hate of mine. Tess of the D`Urbervilles suffers from some very hackneyed literary effects - whatever mood Tess is in the weather and her surroundings miraculously compliment it - happy/sunny, depressed/ ...

Tess of the D'Urbervilles was required reading at school and I couldn't stand it. Nothing against Hardy and his writing, it was just unbearably depressing.

... bookcase. Dracula by Bram Stoker Dude, where's my country by Michael Moore Candide by Voltaire Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy 2 girls by Perihan Magden (which I appear to be the sole owner of).

Hemingway bored me to tears. It took me two weeks to read The Sun Also Rises. I threw Wuthering Heights and Tess of the D'ubervilles accross the room too many times to count. Just because it's a "classic" does not been that it is interesting. I also find most Canadian Literature to be ...

... but my first experience with it has condemned it to be perpetually at the bottom of my "reread" list. Also detested Tess of the d'Urbervilles. I only made it halfway through the book before I gave up. I didn't like Tess at all. Or Hardy's writing style, for that matter.