Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Kathy Miller
13 hours ago
1 min read

Thomas Hardy, 1891

Did not finish

I know this is supposed to be a phenomenal story, but I've tried three times to read it, and the purple prose has defeated me each time. Sorry, Mr Hardy.

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