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Originally Posted by dynabook
I have tried to read "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" but only got to the point in which she was picked up to be taken to a manor as a governess/nurse(?).
I have an impression from somewhere that something bad happens to her and I am so invested in her well-being that I can't read further.
Does this happen to you or do you say "It is only fiction, I will continue"?
I have had this happen to me with others books but managed to keep on with a feeling of dread. Maybe I am not as invested in the character or I feel it will turn out okay in the end. But Thomas Hardy takes no prisoners.
--MH
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I read "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" decades ago and I remember that feeling very well. I'm sure I put the book down a few times but I always picked it back up.
I will tell you this: that book is worth suffering through. It's an amazing and powerful and beautifully written story. And yes, something bad is about to happen but it gets even worse down the line.
Stop if you have to but not for too long. This isn't a book you want to miss.
Barry