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Originally Posted by Pajamaman
I was forced to read Tess of the d'Urbervilles at college, which I found to be over-long, over-descriptive (going on endlessly about fields, etc), and led by a character who did nothing to fight back. Yay! It didn't help that I was the only male in a class of females taught by a strident feminist. I took the wise choice of not actually reading Tess, but skimming it and finding some notes.
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We read this book when I was in Junior High School (probably 6th or 7th grade). I remember telling the teacher I couldn't understand why she was such an utter dish rag and let people treat her like they did.
I've always wondered if I'd feel more for her as an adult with better understanding of the the societal mores of the time the book is set in.