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" Good story even though Tess can be maddening at times. "

" I would like it more if the major theme wasn't "Women's lives sucked in the 1890's" "

" What a sad and tragic story! It says so much about the plight of women in Victorian England and how one act can ruin a life forever. Although, to be honest, I don't place all of the blame for Tess' plight on Alec taking advantage of her. She and her foolish pride were her own worst enemies. Thomas Hardy seems to have a penchant for unnecessarily long winded descriptions of details that I don't find important to the story, but otherwise, I loved it....even with it's sad ending. "

" This very rugged and ordinary tale is made into something special in its originality and uniqueness for the time period it was written in. The life of a simple and beautiful young girl and the trials she faces to love are heartbreaking and told exquisitely. "

" Stonehenge? What the crap?? lol "

" This was an amazing book with a complete surprise ending. Poor Tess. "

" This book is written as a tragedy, & it is amazingly sad...but it's also quite refreshingly candid & matter of fact about things that happened back in the time frame it was set in. I was shocked at the ending, NEVER saw that coming.....well worth the read... "

" I've had inner turmoil for days on how I feel about this book. In the end I have to give it a high rating. Thomas Hardy wrote a beautiful, moving, and tragic novel that left me pondering for days on whether I hated it (which I did at times) or loved it. Ultimately I chose love! "

" Lovely story - one of the first classics read as an adult "

" Wow!! Quite a terrible life... My first tragedy :( "

" Tess' story was tragic, but non the less the book was still a great one! I really enjoyed reading it. "

" A sad story but a real classic. I've read this several times and I am always gripped by it. "

" sad story of missed chances "

" Way to break my heart :'( "

" I got really into it, but was so disappointed with the end. So depressing! "

" One of my favourite writers of the English countryside and it's deep, sensuous life. "

" This was a good read - another one I wanted to cross off my list, but the ending surprised me!!! It was dry in some places, but I liked the characters and storyline. I was surprised, again, by the ending, but it was a proper ending for the story as it unfolded. "

" Long long long (i'm a fan of brevity), but really enjoyed the story. "

" This plot kept me turning the pages, but it was not an upbeat book. "

" I enjoyed the story although it took a while to get past some of the dialect of the time. Once I began to understand it, I could get into the story. It was interesting to see the choices Tess made and to follow her journey. "

" I had to read this in high school...I absolutely did not like it. I understood the symbolism of it but hated the ending,actually I disliked the beginning. So I basically loathed the book as a whole. I tried to pick it up again recently but...it did nothing to change my view. "

" I have tried to read this book 3 times and just cannot do it. This puzzles me, as I have enjoy Hardy's other works. Three chances are enough. "

" Not a happy story. Tragic without fulfillment. "

" I went through a phase of reading anything I could get my hands on by Thomas Hardy (I was 17!). I still love this book! "

" I really enjoyed it! Though I ended up not liking Angel in the end. "

" This is my all time favourite book. It stayed with me for days after I had finished reading it. "

" A lot of times when I have violent hatred for a novel I end up reading it again and loving it. I anticipate that this will be one such novel, but boy howdy did T. Hardy piss me off as a writer. "

" Supposedly Hardy's best book. Certainly the most touching and heart-wrenching. "

" This took me a while to get through. Tess I found to be a very frustrating character. I discussed it with a friend who studied this book for a class and she enjoyed it more than me. Maybe I needed to have a class that studied this book to really get more out of it..... "

" Good in passages but it goes on a bit. "

" What can I say? It's Hardy's masterpiece! "

" I would kill Angel if I could. Hate hate hate hate HATE him! To death! Give me a knife someone! "

" One of the worst books I've ever read - a moralistic tale full of cliched characters that each stand for a different moral virtue (or sin.) There is nothing of substance to latch on to in the plot in order to feel invested in the story. "

" Read for the nth time last October... I never get tired of this book. It still comes across as sensational and action-packed - it must have seemed quite shocking when first published. "

" Make a mistake and you're screwed. "

" This is the absolute best classic I have ever read. I am a senior in college as an english major and I plan on using this book as my thesis. "