Tess of D'Urbervilles

The book that kept me thinking long after turning the last page

SPOILER ALERT

“As soon as they had strength they arose, joined hands again, and went on,” concludes Thomas Hardy’s Tess of D'Urbervilles on a tragic note that rips the heart apart. This classic plays dark and sombre notes in my mind. Though written in the Victorian Age, the notion of a ‘chaste’ woman and the scathing criticism and atrocities a woman who doesn’t fall into its bracket has to undergo persists in 2022.

Set in the seemingly idyllic pastures of England, unfolds a bitter tale of how toxic masculinity and a misogynistic society drives a woman to destruction. We also probe into whether the system of meting out justice in courts is fair. Is the death penalty reasonable or barbaric?

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