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Tess of the D Urbervilles | Thomas Hardy

#ThreeListThursday #tlt

Finally, a score I can (sort of) live with. I definitely need to up my classics game!
Three favorites include:
1. THE SECRET GARDEN. A favorite since childhood.
2. TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES. Read this with #hashtagbrigade, and it was my favorite book of 2023!
3. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. Since I was required to read it in high school. A favorite to have taught as well.

willaful We share two favs I see. ❤️ 1mo

tpixie I LOVED No 1& 2 3 was great also! 🩵💝🩵 4w

dabbe @willaful #greatminds! 🩶💚🩶 4w

dabbe @tpixie 🩶💚🩶 4w

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Tess of the D Urbervilles | Thomas Hardy

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'I am ready' ugh, absolutely gutted by that line. This novel is all contradiction for me - I hate humanity, I love Tess, I hate men, I love Hardy. It pulls at my every prejudice and every compassion. Beautiful writing describing horrific treatment. Irony and hypocrisy on open display. Oh, I love it so.

bibliothecarivs Well said! 1d

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bibliothecarivs

Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman | Thomas Hardy

Recent acquisitions:

📖 Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy (I collect editions of Tess, my favourite novel, and this Christmas gift from my daughter is my 32nd)
📖 Cathedrals, Abbeys, and Churches of England and Wales: Descriptive, Historical, Pictorial (1898) by T. G. Bonney

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Deblovestoread

Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman | Thomas Hardy

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful cover 🩷 7mo

dabbe 😭😭😭 7mo

Eggs Gorgeous 🌺 7mo

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bibliothecarivs

Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman | Thomas Hardy

Recent acquisitions:

💿 Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy (my favourite novel), audiobook read by Simon Vance

#UniteAgainstBookBans #LetUtahRead

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Love when one book I‘m reading references another…

Reading Tess of the D‘Urbervilles…and I‘m also reading Peter the Great‘s biography. Happy coincidence!

(And, working the middle school book fair! 💃)

Ruthiella I totally love it when that happens! 😃 12mo

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Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman | Thomas Hardy

Up next: my February #bookspin and one of the classics on my list! @TheAromaofBooks

#bookspinbingo

BarbaraBB It‘s good! 13mo

intothehallofbooks Great book! 13mo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 13mo

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Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman | Thomas Hardy

My February #bookspin and #doublespin.

Excited for a great month…thank you for hosting, @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! 13mo

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Tess of D'Ubervilles | Thomas Hardy

#12Booksof2023 @Andrew65

October: TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES
This one also turned out to be my favorite read of the entire year. 🖤💙🖤

Andrew65 A real classic! Stands the test of time. 1y

dabbe @Andrew65 🤩🤗😃 1y

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Bookwormjillk

Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman | Thomas Hardy

On the tenth day of Christmas…

Even though it was sad, I loved this book when we read it with the #hashtagbrigade in October. #12booksof2023

Andrew65

Andrew65 A true classic! 1y

dabbe My same pick, too! #greatminds 🖤💙🖤 1y

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Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman | Thomas Hardy

#2023ReadingBracket

I have to say I'm a bit surprised to find that TESS was my favorite read of 2024. That's why I love this bracketing template; I really had no idea until the end what would come out on top. I loved the contemporary reads, but perhaps I am a classicist at heart. And thanks to the #hashtagbrigade, or this book might have stayed on my #TBR indefinitely. Can't wait to see what 2024 has in store. 🤩

Bookwormjillk I loved Tess too. 1y

dabbe @Bookwormjillk 💙❄️💙 1y

Ruthiella It isn‘t at the top of my list, but I am very glad to have read it! TGF #HashtagBrigade ! 1y

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Daisey It isn‘t at the top of my list for the year, but the #HashtagBrigade definitely helped me enjoy it much more than I expected. (edited) 1y

Suet624 This post just reminds me I really have to check this book out. Glad you liked it so much. 1y

dabbe @Ruthiella 💙🖤💙 1y

dabbe @Daisey 💙🖤💙 1y

dabbe @Suet624 💙🖤💙 1y

BarbaraBB Interesting!! And I loved Tess too! 1y

eeclayton It's one of my 2023 favourites, too. Her story will definitely stay with me. 1y

Cuilin One of my favorites too. 💚 1y

dabbe @BarbaraBB 🤩😍😘 1y

dabbe @eeclayton 🤩😍😘 1y

dabbe @Cuilin 🤩😍😘 1y

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Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman | Thomas Hardy

Christmas gift #bookstack 😍

Merry, Merry, Littens! 🎄

Ruthiella Nice haul! Merry Christmas! 🎄 1y

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bibliothecarivs

Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman | Thomas Hardy

Recent acquisitions:

📖 Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy (Norton Critical Editions) - I collect editions of Tess and this is my 28th
📖 Stockholm (English Edition) by Per Anders Fogelström, photos by Åke Mokvist

#UniteAgainstBookBans #fREADom

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#Two4Tuesday
Thanks for the tag, @TheSpineView! 🤗

1. Believe it or not, TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES was my favorite for October. While I loved all the spooky reads, this one gut-punched me and will stay with me for a long time.
2. Since our GSDs are quite excitable (still at 3 years of age), we'll put some candy out front and hide in our backroom watching Halloween movies and our AZ Diamondbacks in the World Series! ⚾️🎃⚾️

TheSpineView I have never had any kids come by for candy in the 12 years I have owned this house. I kind of miss them. Happy Halloween! 1y

dabbe @TheSpineView We have hit and miss years. Some years tons of kids come; last year, hardly anyone (maybe the Covid thing was still a deterrent). Happy Halloween to you, too! 🖤🎃🖤 1y

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#thatsallihavetosayaboutthat #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

Tess of D'Ubervilles | Thomas Hardy

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @thebookhippie
@indoordame @librarybelle @bookwormjillk @currentlyreadinginco @annr @eeclayton @deblovestoread @julieclair @ruthiella @jenniferw88 @dabbe @bklover @julieclair @cuilin @mcctrish @clare-dragonfly @quietjenn @jewright @daisey @covertocovergirl @rubyslippersreads @kao @currentlyreadinginco @kwmg40 1y

Cuilin That ending 😢 💔 1y

Deblovestoread I finished a few days ago. What a heartbreaking story. How I wanted happiness for Tess and how I wanted the men who let her down to pay. So glad to have finally read this classic even with its sadness. Thanks for keeping me motivated! 1y

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currentlyreadinginCO This was fun to read together! Poor Tess! 1y

Bookwormjillk That about sums it up. The one thing I remember about reading this in high school is my teacher going into a deep explanation about Stonehenge. I guess because if he told us what this book was really about he would have been fired? 1y

TheBookHippie It‘s just #SOSAD …. Thanks for pulling us through!!! 1y

quietjenn Thanks for leading us through a terrific, and terrifically devastating read. Can't believe I remembered almost nothing of it. 1y

Ruthiella Thank for your fearless leadership @BarkingMadRead ! 👏👏👏🤩 The subtitle to this book should be “a novel of poor communication and bad timing”! 1y

eeclayton Thanks for leading us @BarkingMadRead and thanks everyone for your comments and posts. I couldn't take part in the discussions as much as I had wanted to because it was a really busy period for me both at work and in private, but I was following and enjoying your comments all the while 💕 Hardy broke my heart but I loved the book all the same! 1y

dabbe Thanks @BarkingMadRead for getting us through this. 🤗 Tess will stay with me for a long time. I'd add that the moral of the story is to never fall asleep on the side of the road in the middle of a dark night. 😃 1y

julieclair Absolutely heartbreaking ending. 💔 Thanks, @BarkingMadRead for your (as always) excellent leadership through this sad tale. 1y

Clare-Dragonfly @dabbe One of a number of morals, I‘d say! Another might be “don‘t rape women, even if they are asleep, no matter how hot you think they are.” 1y

dabbe @Clare-Dragonfly 🤩 1y

Daisey I knew going in that this was not going to be happy, but it was also quite different from what I expected. I also liked it better than expected. After his treatment of Tess, I was kind of hoping Angel was just going to waste away from his illness, rather than get another chance. 1y

Bklover What a wonderful and brutally sad book! I do find it frustrating that Angel gets another chance with Tess‘s sister! Thanks @BarkingMadRead for your guidance and humor. Definitely the only way I got through this one! 1y

KAO Thanks for the company and much needed comic relief on this journey with poor Tess! This was my first group read done with a paced plan, and the encouragement helped get me through a challenging book. I enjoyed it—even if there was some gnashing of teeth at every tragic turn! 1y

eeclayton @Daisey I was hoping that too! 1y

BarkingMadRead @KAO I wish we had something more fun for you to start with 🤣 1y

Bluebird Thanks @BarkingMadRead i had remembered so little of this book from my prior read that this felt like the first time. So terribly sad! You really helped get us all through this tragic book. I really enjoyed(!?!) this group reading. 1y

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currentlyreadinginCO

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Tess is really the saddest novel. This was a reread of a favorite from high school lit, it hit differently as an adult. I remember thinking that Tess had the worst plight of all women, I now think of variations of her story as standard female experiences.

Part of me is impressed that a man in 1891 was able to capture the contradictions and difficulties of the female condition this well; part of me is just mad for Tess. Either way, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ from me.

currentlyreadinginCO #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade thank you for organizing @BarkingMadRead 😌 1y

AmyG Wow is that a beautiful edition. 1y

BarkingMadRead 😍😍🤣 1y

Gissy Beautiful edition😍 1y

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Infuriating and heartbreaking. Surprisingly modern, though not as much as I hoped—I kept thinking the characters would actually learn their lesson, that Alec is the only one to blame for the “sin” for which Tess suffers the consequences, and they never quite seem to. As always, reading this with the #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade made it more fun!

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Librarybelle

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A reread for me, and no less devastating, Hardy‘s book focuses on Tess. Tess has no luck in any facet of life, receiving turmoil and anguish just about at every turn. It‘s a sad read, and one cannot help but hope she received her HEA. This book made me sad, angry, and very sympathetic toward Tess. Thanks to @BarkingMadRead and the #PemberLittens #HashtagBrigadr for this #BuddyRead .

BarkingMadRead 😍😍 1y

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Bklover

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While this book was an unrelentingly sad, I definitely have discovered the wonderful Thomas Hardy. His themes are quite modern, and I will definitely be reading more of him. Thanks to @BarkingMadRead for being her wonderful self and guiding us through each chapter!❤️❤️
#hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

BarkingMadRead 😍😍 1y

AvidReader25 Hardy is wonderful, but he always breaks my heart. 1y

Bklover @AvidReader25 which one should I read next? 1y

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AvidReader25 @Bklover I‘d recommend Far From the Madding Crowd or Return of the Native next. 😊 1y

Bklover @AvidReader25 Thank you! I have Far from the Madding Crowd so that will be the next Hardy! 💙💙 1y

eeclayton I also recommend Far From the Madding Crowd, it's one of my all time favourites ☺️ 1y

Bklover @eeclayton That will be my next Hardy!! Thank you❤️❤️ 1y

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eeclayton

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Heartbreaking and still eerily relevant today. Domineering men, double standards, obsession, and all this written by a man in the 1800s -- just wow. Also beautifully written and the details of farm life nicely captured. Loved it.

Thanks for leading the buddy read @BarkingMadRead and thanks for all the opinions, insights and laughs #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade , I love reading with you all 💕

BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 1y

Bklover I love our #hashtagbrigade! Your review is spot on! 1y

dabbe Yay for our #hashtagbrigade! 🤩🤩🤩 1y

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Bookwormjillk

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If you would have told 10th grade me that I would be willingly getting up pre dawn on a weekend to finish Tess of the D‘Urbervilles I would not have believed you. This book touched me in ways teenage me would never have imagined. Thank you @BarkingMadRead for leading us through this one so I wasn‘t stuck with my teenaged eye view of this classic.

BarkingMadRead I‘m so glad! It‘s so tragic, I know it drives a lot of people crazy (me included) 1y

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead possibly I have been in a tragic mood 😁 1y

Bklover I love this review! I loved it too😊💙😊 1y

Bookwormjillk @Bklover 🧡🤎🧡 1y

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Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman | Thomas Hardy

Sunday ch 57-58: Tess and Angel play house #ontherun #itsonlyamatteroftime#angelhidesheraslongashecan #stonehenge #whataplacetogetbusted #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @thebookhippie
@indoordame @librarybelle @bookwormjillk @currentlyreadinginco @annr @eeclayton @deblovestoread @julieclair @ruthiella @jenniferw88 @dabbe @bklover @julieclair @cuilin @mcctrish @clare-dragonfly @quietjenn @jewright @daisey @covertocovergirl @rubyslippersreads @kao @currentlyreadinginco @kwmg40 1y

Bookwormjillk Oops I must have been a chapter ahead. I finished today. 1y

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk that‘s ok, it was only one extra chapter, I‘m betting a lot of people will finish today! 1y

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Cuilin @Bookwormjillk yep I finished it too. 1y

Cuilin I loved these chapters as they ran and hid together. They fact the novel begins with a pagan tradition of the May dance and towards the end at Stonehenge is interesting with all the Victorian morals throughout the book which was so damaging for Tess, I found interesting. (edited) 1y

Clare-Dragonfly Oh my goodness, Angel ran into a big rock and I go, “it‘s Stonehenge!” I did not expect to be right 😂 1y

Clare-Dragonfly I don‘t love that Tess‘s stated motivation for killing Alec is “maybe Angel will love me now.” How about “he‘s a horrible, asshole rapist who deserves it,” Tess?! 1y

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly 🤣🤣🤣 and also, yes! 1y

currentlyreadinginCO The only time that Tess gets to enjoy a little happiness with the man she loves with all of her secrets laid bare ... andddd she's running from the law & living in delusion. Perfect! I did like these chapters, though. The image of Tess getting apprehended at Stonehenge has stayed with me since I read this in high school! Made myself safe the one-pager for tomorrow 🤓 1y

Bklover @Clare-Dragonfly You‘re right about her motivation. I‘d like to see her get really pissed off just once. 1y

dabbe It's interesting to me how many crucial scene take place “offstage“ as it were, like the rape scene, the killing scene ... even the 5 days of bliss only gets like two brief paragraphs. Hardy leaves us with a lot of imagining on our own. I like that I'm left to fill in the gaps; he truly respects his readers and wants them to visualize--maybe because we'll make it even more epic ourselves. This book will stay with me a long time. 💜 1y

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jenniferw88

Tess of the D Urbervilles | Thomas Hardy

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As there was only 1 extra chapter, I finished today.

@BarkingMadRead #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

I prefer Far From the Madding Crowd!

BarkingMadRead I prefer practically anything! This book always makes my heart hurt! 1y

epsitawithane My favorite writer. My favorite book from that writer. 1y

dabbe FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD had a happy ending! This one, AUGH!!!! I love Hardy and his writing, though. Any other recommendations from him? 1y

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jenniferw88

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#bookreport

Continued Tess
Started Lost Realms
Finished Babel & The 🐧 📖 of 🧙‍♀️!

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Daisey

Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman | Thomas Hardy

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This book was almost continually frustrating because I so wanted things to be different for Tess. She tried hard to do what she felt was right or what she had to do, and it never went her way. After recently finishing Clarissa, I didn‘t think I would soon read another book with a man that made me so angry, but Hardy managed to make me detest multiple male characters. Yet, he wrapped it all up in absolutely beautiful and descriptive writing.

Daisey Thanks again to @BarkingMadRead for leading another great #PemberLittens #HashtagBrigade read.
#1001books #audiobook 1y

BarkingMadRead 😍😍 1y

dabbe Couldn't have said it any better! I LOVED her and wept for her. #thepowerofbooks 💜💜💜 1y

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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk #earlhadtodiegoodbyyyyyeesss 1y

Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman | Thomas Hardy

Saturday: ch 55-56: Angel finds Tess #poortess #alecusedherfamilyasleverage #tesstellsangeltogoaway #karma 🔪 🩸🩸🩸 #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade #ivebeenwaitingdaystousethismeme #iwishitwastentimes

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @thebookhippie
@indoordame @librarybelle @bookwormjillk @currentlyreadinginco @annr @eeclayton @deblovestoread @julieclair @ruthiella @jenniferw88 @dabbe @bklover @julieclair @cuilin @mcctrish @clare-dragonfly @quietjenn @jewright @daisey @covertocovergirl @rubyslippersreads @kao @currentlyreadinginco @kwmg40 1y

Cuilin Perfect meme. He had it coming 🎵 He only had himself to blame. 🎵 1y

Bookwormjillk Goodbye Earl 1y

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TheBookHippie 😂 the meme 1y

Clare-Dragonfly HECK YEAH TESS 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 1y

Clare-Dragonfly @Cuilin I betcha you would have done the same! 1y

dabbe I can't help but think that a knife penetrating into a body is also a sexual act--in the fact that she “raped“ him right back and against his wishes. And right where he had no feeling--his heart. Wow. 1y

BarkingMadRead @dabbe I love that for her. 1y

dabbe @BarkingMadRead Oh, man so do I! 💜💜💜 1y

Clare-Dragonfly @dabbe Oh wow, you absolutely nailed it. Great analysis. 1y

dabbe @Clare-Dragonfly 🤩🤩🤩 1y

currentlyreadinginCO "Best chapter so far is a homicide" - my full review of this ? 1y

BarkingMadRead @currentlyreadinginCO 🤣🤣 1y

Bklover @currentlyreadinginCO 😂😂😂😂 I agree!! @dabbe - Brilliant- I hadn‘t thought of that! 1y

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If ever I feel even remotely sorry for myself, I will think of Tess and realize how incredibly lucky I am, especially as a woman not living during Victorian/Edwardian England. A beautifully written, yet hauntingly heart-wrenching story of a pure-of-heart woman who is preyed upon by pretty much every person she encounters, especially the Draculean Alec d'Urberville, Tess, you'll stay within my heart for a long time.

dabbe Thanks again for the journey #pemberlittens, #hashtagbrigade, and the illuminating @BarkingMadRead. Can't wait for our next read! 💜💜💜 1y

Daisey Great review! I finished this morning as well, but I‘m still waiting to review. It is so wonderfully written, yet so heartbreaking and infuriating at the same time. 1y

dabbe @Daisey 🖤🎃🖤 1y

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iread2much Sounds sad. Was it a fiction book? 1y

Anna40 I loved this one too. Fully agree on feeling lucky to be born now. Great review 1y

TheLudicReader I first read Tess in hs and I hated her. I found her so annoying. I wonder how I would feel about her now? 1y

dabbe @iread2much Fortunately yes. 🤩 1y

dabbe @Anna40 🤩🤩🤩 1y

dabbe @TheLudicReader Excellent question. I don't think I would have been able to read this in high school because I didn't have the patience or understanding for the drawn-out language or the time period. I have more time and empathy in my older years. 💜 1y

eeclayton Great review. This story will stay with me for a long time, too 💔 1y

dabbe @eeclayton 💔 1y

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Tess of D'Ubervilles | Thomas Hardy

Friday: ch 53-54: Angel is back and on the hunt for Tess #ishetoolate #hermomsaysheismarried #sayitisntso #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @thebookhippie
@indoordame @librarybelle @bookwormjillk @currentlyreadinginco @annr @eeclayton @deblovestoread @julieclair @ruthiella @jenniferw88 @dabbe @bklover @julieclair @cuilin @mcctrish @clare-dragonfly @quietjenn @jewright @daisey @covertocovergirl @rubyslippersreads @kao @currentlyreadinginco @kwmg40 1y

Bookwormjillk Oh Angel you‘re way too late bud. 1y

Cuilin Yeah he‘s too late. Hardy is amazing! This book could be told in today‘s world. Alec is the obvious rapist getting away with it and Angel is the nice guy saying not all men. Ugh maybe not all Angel but definitely you!!!! 1y

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Bookwormjillk @Cuilin YES someone should remake this. It really is a remarkable and unfortunately timeless book. 1y

TheBookHippie @Cuilin I so agree. It‘s timeless. 1y

Bklover @Cuilin I agree! Hardy seems way ahead of his time. 1y

Bklover I think Angel is too late! Neither of them deserve her anyway! 1y

Clare-Dragonfly I understood Joan to be telling her child that Angel has married Tess, not that she‘s married someone else. Of course Tess may very well be living with Alec now ☹️ 1y

dabbe The narrator says something like Joan and kids are living in a “garden“ area, which is the place that Alec offered them. So ... Tess must have agreed and is now living with the a--hole to take care of her family ... AGAIN ... because everything is always her fault. My heart bleeds for her as a character. Damn you, Hardy! 😢 1y

currentlyreadinginCO I don't like the sound of this one bit!! 1y

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Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman | Thomas Hardy

Thur: ch 51-52: Tess is homeless again #alechasofferedherfamilythecottage #shewontgo #noroomattheinn #alecishangingaround #coincidenceordesign #angelneedstocomehome #marianandizztrytohelp #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @thebookhippie
@indoordame @librarybelle @bookwormjillk @currentlyreadinginco @annr @eeclayton @deblovestoread @julieclair @ruthiella @jenniferw88 @dabbe @bklover @julieclair @cuilin @mcctrish @clare-dragonfly @quietjenn @jewright @daisey @covertocovergirl @rubyslippersreads @kao @currentlyreadinginco @kwmg40 1y

Cuilin I love this read along but oh my gosh when does the misery end??? 1y

BarkingMadRead @Cuilin #ipleadthefifth 1y

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Bookwormjillk I have a feeling that note the girls wrote is going to backfire. 1y

Librarybelle I have to prevent myself from getting the creepy crawly chills every time Alec pops up! Stalker!!!!! 1y

Bookwormjillk Also I found this biography of Thomas Hardy included in my audible account. Was wondering how a man from the 1800s could write like a 2020‘s woman

Thomas Hardy

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Ruthiella @Bookwormjillk I think Hardy‘s sympathy just shows that calling out men for exploiting the vulnerable isn‘t a new or “woke” idea at all. It‘s been around for a long, long time. 1y

Bookwormjillk @Ruthiella imagine that 😁 1y

Clare-Dragonfly Such a creep! How much do you want to bet that Alec had something to do with the rooms being taken? 🤬 1y

dabbe It seems as if Tess and her family are literally at their final, last straw. Of course they're going to stay with Alec (he left Tess to go talk to the mom), and now Angel is coming back. #whatcouldgowrong #ugh 1y

Bklover Of course she is!! 1y

currentlyreadinginCO I am interested in that as well, will be reading more about him @Bookwormjillk 1y

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Tess of D'Ubervilles | Thomas Hardy

Ch 49-50: Tess can never escape home! #angelisstillanass #momissick #tessgoeshometohelp #alecshowsup 🙄 #justintimefordadtodie #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @thebookhippie
@indoordame @librarybelle @bookwormjillk @currentlyreadinginco @annr @eeclayton @deblovestoread @julieclair @ruthiella @jenniferw88 @dabbe @bklover @julieclair @cuilin @mcctrish @clare-dragonfly @quietjenn @jewright @daisey @covertocovergirl @rubyslippersreads @kao @currentlyreadinginco @kwmg40 1y

Bookwormjillk What a mess. 1y

eeclayton @Bookwormjillk Mess of the d'Urbervilles 1y

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Bookwormjillk @eeclayton 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 1y

BarkingMadRead @eeclayton seriously though 🤣🤣 1y

Ruthiella @Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣🤣🤣 1y

julieclair @eeclayton Yess! #TessMess ! 😂😂 1y

Bklover @eeclayton That‘s perfect!😂😂 1y

Clare-Dragonfly @eeclayton omg 😂😂🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 1y

currentlyreadinginCO Lol, this photo! 1y

TheBookHippie 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 what a mess… 1y

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Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman | Thomas Hardy

I am not bringing this misery to Disney with me, so I read ahead in preparation… and then there was only own chapter left, so I finished it 🤷🏻‍♀️ #scarathlon #teamcryptkeepers @LiseWorks

dabbe It's gonna go from bad to worse, isn't it? 😢 1y

BarkingMadRead @dabbe #ipleadthefifth 1y

TheBookHippie @dabbe #itsallsosad 1y

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Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman | Thomas Hardy

Ch 47-48: #blahblahblah farming #blahblahblah Alec #blahnlahblah SLAP! #yesgirl #heneedstobackoff #thatletterbrokemyheart #angelneedstocomehome #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

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tpixie Great post. 1y

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Librarybelle Alec is a stalker. I get the creeps with his intentions and his refusal to listen to Tess. Grrr… 1y

Ruthiella Typical “you made me do it” , blame the victim attitude. Ugh. 1y

Daisey I agree that all the blame from Alec was awful, but I had a different perspective on the farming. I found Hardy‘s descriptions of the thresher and the backbreaking hours of work fantastic! 1y

BarkingMadRead @Daisey it was definitely interesting, sprinkled in among the drama 1y

Clare-Dragonfly I‘m so glad somebody hit Alec! But Tess didn‘t hit him hard enough. He can still talk 😡😡😡😡😡 (edited) 1y

Clare-Dragonfly @Daisey I did think that was interesting! It‘s something I didn‘t know anything about. And he doesn‘t go on… and on… and on like Victor Hugo 😂 1y

Bookwormjillk Alec is obviously lower than a piece of dirt on the bottom of my shoe, but he‘s not wrong about Angel and his treatment of Tess. 1y

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I agree! 1y

eeclayton I'm not sure if I'd be happy if Angel came back and forgave Tess for getting raped. He should ask for her forgiveness. 1y

Bklover It‘s always Tess‘s fault. Everything. And she‘s always going to believe that!!🙄😠🤯 1y

currentlyreadinginCO That LETTER ! "Your faithful heartbroken" !!! 1y

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Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman | Thomas Hardy

Ch 45-46: this freaking guy 🙄 #alecisback #hewantstomarrytess #asif #shockedwhentesssaysno #convincedhecanchangehermind #andobviouslythisisallherfault #boysaredumb #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

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Bookwormjillk Reading these chapters made me physically ill. This guy. Ugh. 1y

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I walked away like three times! Omg it was painful 1y

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Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead Thomas Hardy nailed it though. I‘m impressed. 1y

Bklover Unbelievable. Just Unbelievable. 🤯. I am starting to love Thomas Hardy though, almost as much as I hate Alec! (edited) 1y

dabbe “I'm sorry I raped you, but now I'm a preacher; oh, now I'm not because you had to up and show your too beautiful face, and now I'm back to being creepy rapist Alec who wants to marry you.“ #wtf 🤬

Is Angel actually going to be an angel and come to her rescue? 🤔 Hmm. #thisishardynotdisney 1y

Librarybelle This is really the part of the book that made me want to throw the book and scream the first time I read this. This time, I kept exclaiming in disgust so loud that the cats gave me odd looks! 😂 In all honesty, I think these strong emotions that are stirred up from this book are why I like it so much. And imagine - a man wrote this! 1y

Clare-Dragonfly Can somebody please punch this guy???? Many times?! 1y

julieclair @Librarybelle You‘re so right. It‘s hard to imagine a man wrote this. And in 1891, no less! I am definitely a Hardy fan. 1y

Daisey I just recently finished Clarissa, and I thought it would be a while before I felt so much disgust with a character. Now, Hardy has me feeling almost the same about two characters. He definitely wrote it well. 1y

currentlyreadinginCO I'm curious about how this all was received in 1891 1y

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Tess of D'Ubervilles | Thomas Hardy

Ch 43-44: Tess has a crappy month #thefarmerisanass #shefoundoutaboutIzz #aheoverheardtheclarebrotheratalkingshit #sheseesalecpreaching #youcantmakethiscrapup #well #hardymadethiscrapup 🤷🏻‍♀️#staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

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currentlyreadinginCO #hardymadethiscrapup 😂😂😂, sooo do we think that Alec has actually repented and seen the light ... ? 🤦🏼‍♀️ 1y

BarkingMadRead @currentlyreadinginCO #hellno 1y

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dabbe @BarkingMadRead Alec reminds me of the evil Robert Mitchum who faked it as a preacher in THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER. #hellnoindeedy

And I knew we'd see that asshole again, right? Just when Tess is at her weakest. #notagoodsign #atall 1y

Bookwormjillk Tess has to suffer when Alec gets to “repent” 1y

Clare-Dragonfly I did not see that coming! I thought the preacher would be the paint guy. 1y

Ruthiella It was the boots that set me off. She doesn‘t even get to keep her boots. Come on, Hardy! 😢 1y

KAO I‘m with you, @Ruthiella ! Come on, not the boots too! Just when you think things can‘t get any worse. 1y

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Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman | Thomas Hardy

This quote caught my attention in chapter 40. It‘s an understatement, to be sure, but I was a bit surprised at this point to see any recognition of the men being the ones at fault. Yet, it just made me even madder at Angel, that he could acknowledge this and still not forgive Tess.

#PemberLittens #HashtagBrigade #quote

dabbe Oh, my Lord, that is sooooooooo true in this book! Thank you for this! 🖤🧡🖤 1y

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Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman | Thomas Hardy

Ch 41-42: Tess wanders from job to job #angelissickinbrazil #karma #tessstillworshipshim #everythingshedoesisforhim #sadbuttrue #sheendsupwithmarianagain #thiscantendwell #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

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TheBookHippie This is such a sad sad sad story, and I‘m afraid it was and still is this sad for so many women. It hurts my heart. 1y

Ruthiella This mutual infatuation with Angel makes me think of middle school crushes. Blech. He‘s not worth it. 1y

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Bookwormjillk Why do I think Angel will come back and tell Tess he was sick and it was her fault. 1y

TheBookHippie @Ruthiella 🎯 1y

currentlyreadinginCO Yeahh... I forgot how sad this story is! My copy has a sweet little pastoral scene on the cover (with strawberries and chickens 😒), and I am chuckling at the contrast with the drama within! 1y

Clare-Dragonfly Ugh, no one will leave Tess alone, whether they want to call her a slut, pretty, or ugly! 1y

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Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman | Thomas Hardy

#Scarathlon #HHC @Clwojick @StayCurious
#pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

I hear/see the word “vampire“, I immediately think of this jerk in the tagged book the #pemberlittens is currently reading. He's the epitome of a literary vampire without technically being a vampire.

BarkingMadRead He well and truly sucks 1y

Bookwormjillk That is a perfect description of him 1y

dabbe @BarkingMadRead 🖤🧡🖤 “Sucks“ ... well done! 🤩 1y

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dabbe @Bookwormjillk Agreed! 🤩 1y

Ruthiella Excellent! 👍 1y

bthegood 🧡🧡 1y

dabbe @Ruthiella 🤩 1y

dabbe @bthegood 🖤🧡🖤 1y

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Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman | Thomas Hardy

Ch 39-40: two whole chapters to reiterate why we hate Angel Clare 🙄 #atleasthedidnttellhisparents #allthedairygirlsarebroken #imean #hescutebutletsnotgocrazy #izztellshimsheloveshim #angelinvitesizztoliveinaininbrazil #dude #hypocritemuch #icantevenwiththisguy #izzisthebetterhumanforsure #andyetangelstillwontforgivetess #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

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Ruthiella Exactly! 😡 I am afraid to read on. 😭 1y

TheBookHippie She's no Becky that is for sure..... also #ICANNOTEVEN......... 1y

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Bookwormjillk The worst 1y

currentlyreadinginCO Soooo sick of Angel and his excuses! He's mad that Tess isn't the pure simple soul of his agrarian career fantasies bc she's a d'Urberville and he's too worried about his his public perception to even see her as a person, when nothing about her past would have become public anyway 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️ #everythingisangelsfault 1y

BarkingMadRead @currentlyreadinginCO #everythingisangelsfault gives me life 🤣🤣 1y

Clare-Dragonfly I have nothing to add. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 Angel Clare. 1y

Cuilin Purity culture 🤢 1y

dabbe Angel's actions are 🤬. By asking Izz to go with him to Brazil, he is inviting her undoing and would make her a fallen woman—the same quality that caused him to cast off Tess! To unthinkingly invite Izz to ruin her life is contemptible, hypocritical in the extreme, and disturbingly indifferent to an innocent young woman's unrequited feelings. Then to rescind the invitation, a wise decision—is equally hurtful to Izz. And what he does to Tess ... 🤬 1y

Bklover @dabbe Well said!🩷🩷💜 1y

dabbe @Bklover 🤩😃🤗 1y

quietjenn Seriously, this dude. 😡 1y

KAO Unbelievable behavior by (He‘s no) Angel!! 1y

Bluebird Grrrr! 😡🤬🤜 i wanted to reach into the book and throttle Angel. What a hypocrite! Can‘t believe I thought he was a decent guy…. 1y

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Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman | Thomas Hardy

Ch 37-38: ok the sleepwalking was freaky #theycouldhavedied #problemsolved #poortess #offtotheoldhomestead #ofcourseherdadisstillusingher #noroomatthehouseforher #sheshouldhavekeptthatmoney #ontheroadagain #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

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Bookwormjillk Poor Tess. She totally should have kept that money. And her dad did she actually marry this one. Ugh, he needs a punch in the face. 1y

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk that is what I was thinking, like her dad is such a fabulous human or something 🙄 1y

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TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 1y

Ruthiella Poor Tess. She has no one in her corner (except us). 1y

dabbe I am 🤮 about Holier-than-thou Angel. #grr And I have a bad feeling that Alec is going to come back into the picture somehow since Angel kept saying “If only he were dead ....“ 1y

Cuilin I just can‘t with Angel. 😣 Did he think about the woman he was with? What condition did he leave her in? I think he will regret this behavior. I agree @dabbe we‘re not done with Alec. 1y

Clare-Dragonfly @dabbe I agree… though I wouldn‘t mind if Alec shows up and immediately dies! 1y

currentlyreadinginCO Can Tess please make a selfish choice at some point! Her parents are the worst & she should have kept that cash! 1y

dabbe @Clare-Dragonfly Now there's a death I would love! 1y

Bklover @currentlyreadinginCO I know what you mean! I wish she‘d just take care of herself for once. 1y

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Ch 35-36: two chapter of Angel being a dumbass 🤷🏻‍♀️ #isaidwhatisaid #andnowheislettingherleave #noooooooo #sodepressing #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

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Bookwormjillk She TRIED to tell him. 1y

Librarybelle Yeah, this is why I‘m not really a fan of Angel. Poor Tess! 1y

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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk seriously!!! Such.a.jerk. 1y

TheBookHippie #WHATABITCH 😤 1y

TheBookHippie Boys are stupid 🤦🏻‍♀️ 1y

Bluebird 😡😡😡😡 1y

Ruthiella Totally. 😡😡😡 1y

dabbe Angel is a sanctimonious asshole. Why the hell did Hardy name him Angel? And to think that a woman being raped is WORSE than a man debauching himself during this time period is almost impossible to grasp. These people and their so-called dignity make me want to 🤮. Tess deserves so much better. 1y

Clare-Dragonfly Dumbass is putting it extremely mildly! I am absolutely furious with Angel. He acknowledges that she tried to tell him and he wouldn‘t let her, and yet acts like she‘s some deceptive snake?! I am absolutely furious with and disgusted by him. And I hate the bit about the “core of logic”… there is NOTHING logical about his changed feelings toward her. I don‘t know if I want to read the book more quickly in hopes that he learns his lesson or give up 1y

Clare-Dragonfly 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡🤬🤬🤬😱 1y

Daisey Listening to these chapters on my way to school this morning was a bad idea because I went into my classroom mad. Only after school from now on. It‘s all so frustrating, but it‘s so much more infuriating after his own confession. 1y

Cuilin Disgusted but not surprised. If he changes his mind not sure he could be forgiven. 1y

currentlyreadinginCO These chapters were so hard and Angel is the worst! I felt the pain in Tess's statements & experienced so many emotions ... so far I love Hardy's writing and hate the plot that he wrote! My 16 yo self should've been done w men after I read this... 1y

julieclair Angel. So very disappointing. I was expecting so much better of him. Poor Tess… 1y

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Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman | Thomas Hardy

Ch 33-34: it‘s wedding day! #tesswritesaconfessional #angelneverseesit 😳 #thisgirlcantwin #married 👰 🤵 #weddingnightisubercreepy #butdiamonds 💍 #thatnotethough #passiveagressive #theyhearaboutthedairymaids #yallhesjustadude #suicideisnevertheanswer #iwanttohugthemall #confessiontime #angelisntpureeither #didntseethatcoming 😳 #tessconfesses #curtaindrop #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

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Ruthiella What‘s up with those portraits? Did we suddenly step into a gothic novel? 1y

BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella right?!? And built into the walls? So creepy 1y

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dabbe I have bad feelings about this. He confesses to his debauchery with a woman, but I don't think he'll be able to forgive her. And his was consensual! There are too many bad omens here: the rain, the rooster (who is white [pure] and red [stained], the guy who knows her that Angel punched, his family not showing up, all the d'Urberville places (isn't there ANYWHERE where their name is not involved?). Tess believes they're on equal footing, but ... 1y

BarkingMadRead @dabbe I know! I feel like it‘s totally snowballing out of control! 1y

Bookwormjillk Another day where it was hard not to read ahead! 1y

Daisey @dabbe So true! The feelings of foreboding just keep piling up. I was surprised by his confession, but it didn‘t at all make me any more hopeful. 1y

Clare-Dragonfly I hate the other dairymaids being so despondent over Angel, especially since earlier it felt like Hardy was encouraging the reader to laugh at their love for him. Now that just feels cruel ☹️ Also, I really wish I knew exactly what Tess said to Angel. She thinks of herself as culpable, so did she spin it to him that way, or did she explain it in a way that makes it obvious to Angel she was raped? 1y

Cuilin @dabbe I think we‘re going to see some double standards here much like the body count discussion today. What makes it worse is that Tess didn‘t consent. 1y

dabbe @Clare-Dragonfly I wonder too if we'll ever know or if it'll be like a Shakespearean scene done offstage. 1y

dabbe @Cuilin Whereas Angel totally did! If he doesn't forgive her ... 1y

currentlyreadinginCO Resisting the urge to keep reading!! What a cliffhanger chapter 1y

KAO After Angel‘s delayed confession (which took me by surprise!), I had hopes that he would be able to better understand what Tess had not been able to talk about (even though she tried to tell him earlier). I fear the worst, however. 1y

Bklover #yallhesjustadude cracked me up! 1y

BarkingMadRead @Bklover #imheretohelp 1y

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Ch 31-32: Tess finally sets the date #newyearsevewedding #ihavesomuchstress #justdoit #twochaptersofnothingness #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

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Bookwormjillk I couldn‘t figure out why she wouldn‘t want to get married right away. Is she still hoping to tell him? 1y

Ruthiella I think she knows it will matter to him… 1y

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Cuilin #SayYesToTheDress lol 1y

Clare-Dragonfly I feel like her mom is not wrong. It actually doesn‘t matter so she shouldn‘t worry about telling him. But also, her mom clearly doesn‘t know her if she doesn‘t realize Tess‘s conscience will bother her forever like this! 1y

dabbe These stupid 1800s. It wouldn‘t matter now (she did nothing wrong!). This whole purity thing makes me sick. Tess, however, is pure of heart. The truth is going to come out; I just feel it. And Angel (heaven, right? won‘t be able to handle it. 😟 1y

Bluebird @dabbe I agree wholeheartedly. I didn‘t enjoy reading these chapters because I feel a big black cloud moving in. 🥺. I have anxiety…just waiting for the storm to strike. 1y

currentlyreadinginCO Agreed! @Clare-Dragonfly 1y

Clare-Dragonfly Also, it drives me up a wall how Angel is always interrupting her and guessing what she‘s going to say, refusing to think that she might possibly say anything that would surprise him. Let the lady speak! 😡 1y

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly yes! Like she‘s just soooooo sweet she couldn‘t possibly have an actual thought in her head 🙄 1y

dabbe @BarkingMadRead But she'll be good on the farm with those hardworking hands! #oy 1y

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Tess of the D Urbervilles | Thomas Hardy

#weeklyforecast @Cinfhen

Continue Tess & Babel
Finish Witches

KathyWheeler How is Babel? I read and liked Yellowface, but I‘m a little intimidated by Babel. 1y

BooksNBowls I‘ve heard nothing but amazing things about Babel! I can‘t wait to get my hands on it 1y

marleed @KathyWheeler I read Babel this summer and really liked it! 1y

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