Tess of the D'Urbervilles I -- Chap. 1-13
What are your initial reflections about Hardy's novel, particularly following the arch banter of Wilde's "Decay of Lying"? Tess was published in the same year as Wilde's Portrait of Dorian Gray. Do they share anything? Compare their styles and concerns.Alternatively, what do you think of the relationship between Tess and Alec D'Urberville? Think about how their relationship is developed and how their motivations are explained. What is meaningful/moving about the situation that develops? Does it seem unique in any particular way?
Please digress and divert at will -- it's your board.
posted by Devo @ 5:18 PM
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I'm not quite done the reading yet, but Hardy is a definate contrast to Wilde. It's a lot harder to get back into the tedious (or so it seems after reading Wilde) descriptions about everything and where everything is in relation to each other and how things will turn out and what had happened in the past... it's much much easier to read Oscar and just go with the flow of the dialogue and enjoy a few descriptive passages as they come. But I do like Hardy, it's just a bother to get back into it.
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