tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19106928.post7536408195592570814..comments2024-02-29T02:37:34.896-06:00Comments on Ivebeenreadinglately: Sure, you should put it in your tea . . . but seriously, folks--let's trust W. C. Fields and stop there.Levi Stahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11094919454842047688noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19106928.post-30493302131616310632008-09-30T21:25:00.000-05:002008-09-30T21:25:00.000-05:00I re-read The Return of the Native last spring and...I re-read <I>The Return of the Native</I> last spring and was pleased, and this re-read of <I>Tess</I> has so far revealed an even better novel than I remembered, so I can heartily recommend a Hardy plunge. (Though at the same time, how could you go wrong with Woolf?)<BR/><BR/>As for memorable details, how about this one, so incidental that even within the novel's narration it comes in parentheses: <BR/><BR/>"The younger dairymaids, including Tess, breakfasted with their hair loose on Sunday mornings before building it up extra high for attending church, a style they could not adopt when milking with their heads against the cows."Levi Stahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094919454842047688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19106928.post-91668201979200791532008-09-30T05:23:00.000-05:002008-09-30T05:23:00.000-05:00It's those details of life that I love about novel...It's those details of life that I love about novels, too. I had resolved to go on a Virginia Woolf program but you are seriously tempting me to reread all my Hardy instead (The Mayor of Casterbridge is my favorite); autumn always seems like such a Hardy season anyway.MomVeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17588386837610400000noreply@blogger.com