tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19106928.post8359232862149773666..comments2024-02-29T02:37:34.896-06:00Comments on Ivebeenreadinglately: On re-reading TessLevi Stahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11094919454842047688noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19106928.post-88271729435519949162008-09-29T22:38:00.000-05:002008-09-29T22:38:00.000-05:00I've just had the pleasure of re-reading Tess.I st...I've just had the pleasure of re-reading Tess.<BR/><BR/>I still want to slap Angel Clare on the wedding day!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10804604643946519169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19106928.post-46231741767171854342008-09-29T03:55:00.000-05:002008-09-29T03:55:00.000-05:00Never read it. But I'm really keen to. What fascin...Never read it. But I'm really keen to. What fascinates me is how Hardy ties events to their landscape. I wonder if there's a sense in which the moral wrongs perpetrated on his characters are caused by the collapse of the moral economy of the countryside -- the destruction of an older, better way of life by the forces of industry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com