Differing World Views
I started reading Thomas Hardy's 'Tess of the D'Ubervilles' (A Pure Woman) again last night. I've read it before so you'd think that knowing the end would dissuade me from reading it again. But it doesn't. It's an instructive piece and I suppose from time to time I feel the need to go back to that place of instruction to relearn the lesson it provides. The story is a great tragedy, in parts, the unforgivable (to me) hypocrisy (especially by Angel) stares back at me like my reflection in a... Sign in to see full entry.