Tess, Tess, Tess...poor girl was doomed from the get go. Don't let Thomas Hardy fool you into thinking that it's going to turn out well. Be ready for one downer after another. But that doesn't mean that you can't enjoy the book for what it is. It's depressing, but lots of the great novels are depressing.
Thomas Hardy is in fine form. The descriptions of the landscape add several layers of depth to the novel. I wrote a whole paper about how the city of Sandbourne mirrors Tess's predicament but I won't bore you with that here. Just be satisfied that the depth is there if you're looking for it.
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