"IT WAS THEY THAT WERE OUT OF HARMONY WITH THE ACTUAL WORLD, NOT SHE."

[copperlungs]

"She thought, without exactly wording the thought, how strange and god-like was a composer's power who from the grave could lead through sequences of emotion, which he alone had felt at first, a girl like her who had never heard of his name and never would have a clue to his personality."

"The only exercise that Tess took at this time was after

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[copperlungs]

Either one, they're both good :)

[exquisite]

This quote is absolutely beautiful.

[copperlungs]

I love it too ♥

[eliots]

I LOVE THIS BOOK (AND THIS QUOTE) SO MUCH IT HURTS

[copperlungs]

SAME. It actually hurts when I read it too, because I really feel for Tess so much. It's such a good book for supporting women's issues, even way back in the nineteenth century :)

[eliots]

classic hardy, ever the meliorist

[cranmers]

I LOVE THIS BOOK.

LOVE. LOVE. LOVE.

*hate Angel though - arghhh*

Have you read Casterbridge?

[copperlungs]

No, not yet. I'm just reading the ones I own at the moment. AND I LOVE IT TOO. It makes me cry, and cringe in parts. It's amazing :)

[copperlungs]

No, unfortunately I haven't. It was on television a couple of months ago, but I decided to read the book first (I always do!) ♥

[copperlungs]

OH MY GOD YOU LIKE THE CHIEFTAINS! THEY ARE AMAZING!