Tess of the D'urbervilles

The translator's postscript made it clearer to me. Angel should also be responsible for Tess's tragedy! Is physical chastity something a woman can control when surrounded by wolves? But spiritual chastity is often overshadowed by physical impurity. Tess loves Angel, but does Angel really love Tess? Not really! If you really love Tess, even if you hate her impurity, you will not abandon her for the sake of reputation. You may even want to find another innocent woman who loves him to replace Tess and go to Brazil with him. He would not stay with his sister just because Tess died. He did this not for the last wish of his late wife Tess, but for his own desires and peace of mind. It also ruined his sister-in-law's right to true love. Although d'Urberville was hateful, he at least helped Tess and her family when she was in dire straits, but what about Angel?

Eric's evil and despicableness deprived Tess of her girlhood, making Tess always entangled and cautious in her first relationship with Angel. The kind-hearted Tess thought Angel could understand her and loved her soul more than her body. As a result, she did overestimate Angel's character. He is a good person, but his thoughts are still old-fashioned. Although he does love Tess, his cold selfishness makes Tess hurt again. I admire Tess's qualities very much, her self-esteem (after she separated from Angel, she did not regard herself as a wife, and even if she needed it, she could not convince herself to seek help from Angel's family), her strength (she still insisted on being self-reliant in an extremely harsh environment), and her attitude towards feelings (even if she did not receive a response from Angel, even if she was left by Angel and was treated unfairly in the relationship, she still chose to defend her husband and be firm in her emotional direction) In fact, during the days when Tess was left behind, I felt unworthy because she still loved Angel. I felt sad for the hardship she suffered because of Angel. During those days when she was running around and working hard, I really wanted to hug her. In Tess's life, except for marrying Angel, most of the decisions that affected her life were for the family. Because of the missing horse, she agreed to recognize her relatives, which caused harm and became the beginning of her own unfortunate fate. Because the family could stabilize (I always felt that Eric must be causing trouble), she had no choice but to bow to Eric. At this point, Tess had already made plans to corrupt herself, but Unexpectedly, Angel's reappearance broke Tess's heart. She felt that she had no way out, and even she felt that she was no longer Tess (it was Angel who felt that she was not Tess before). She attributed her misfortune to Eric, the instigator. Finally, fueled by her feelings and emotions, she finally made her own choice, ending her harmer and herself at the same time. Therefore, Tess's misfortune was caused by two men, and it was also caused by the times.

The twisted melon is not sweet. Fate plays tricks on people, it's a shame

I felt that this book was very real, as if it happened around me. Hardy places the background of the story in the familiar Wessex, which makes people feel very familiar. The characters in his books seem to be real and their personalities are very vivid. Just like Tess, her experience is heartbreaking. This book reminded me of "Jane Eyre". They are both stories about women, and they are all touching. But I don't like Tess's scumbag husband, it's so annoying!

This is a good book that allowed me to see a lot and experience things that I have never experienced in life. Its analysis also gave me a deeper understanding. Although I felt uncomfortable after reading it, I have to say that this book really affected my traditional rural concepts.

It's really hard to predict fate, we can only accept its destiny

People's fate may not be changed, and tragedy is irresistible.

Yes, Thomas Hardy deserves to be a great writer comparable to Dickens.

The British may seem stupid, but they are not stupid at all. They all milk cows in order to survive.

My favorite foreign literary masterpiece. The plot is very good. The fate of the protagonist Tess is too pitiful.

One is the indulgence of an adult man, and the other is the innocence of an ignorant girl who was deceived, but he cannot forgive her.