oakleafmeg
Hi,
Bronte I can deal with but after three Charles Dickens books in a semester I thought that I wanted to not read Victorian books for a while.
Which books? And, out of curiosity, why did you want to give up on him?
Those books of his I have read generally make me want to throw them across the room at some point because of his portrayal of the Ideal Woman (quiet, childishly meek, loves housework) and the Evil Woman (Actually wants to be involved in *politics*!) but also keep me reading because they are so intense and busy and bustling.
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IT was also interesting that the entire class hated Tess of Duberville. The ladies of the class were not doing well with Tess's passive and tragic nature. I wanted to slap Tess about halfway through the book. Most of us in the class also did not like Jude the Obscure. Hardy writes most beautifully but his characters drive me batty.
Exactly. Thus the love-hate there. His books are gorgeous, marvelous works of art, but
honestly: "But nobody did come,
because nobody does" and, yes, one does want to shake poor, doomed Tess from time to time for believing in her doom.
Austen is marvelous
smile Ever read Trollope? I love the Chronicles of Barsetshire, or those of them I have read, at any rate.
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