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Originally Posted by Victoria
I absolutely agree, Hardy was a master in many ways. I do appreciate his genius, but similar to Margaret Atwood’s, from a safe distance. I can’t see the pleasure, outside of a literature course, but they’re certainly not tedious, and I never found Hardy pretentious. So I was off topic.
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I would not call Hardy pretentious for sure. I didn't pick that. But tedious...oh, yeah.
I found Tess particularly hard because Tess herself was a victim. I appreciate the point of her situation, and why it is a feminist classic. But as a story, I just wanted her to get a rifle and shoot someone. I found her passivity frustrating.