tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post898932064955632739..comments2024-03-23T18:50:06.402+11:00Comments on journey & destination: Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy (1874)Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-79419416484021929122020-09-01T15:25:45.827+10:002020-09-01T15:25:45.827+10:00Hi Elena, so it wasn't just my imagination :) ...Hi Elena, so it wasn't just my imagination :) Thanks for the link to your review. You might have to make yourself a new list for the Classics Club at the rate you're going! I've hit a road block with my reviewing but I've been reading lots.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-14486352445629577912020-09-01T11:56:28.201+10:002020-09-01T11:56:28.201+10:00Great review, Carol! I read that when Madding Crow...Great review, Carol! I read that when Madding Crowd was first published in a magazine, it was anonymous and people assumed George Eliot was the author, so don’t feel bad you confused the authors! I found Bathsheba to be unlikable for most of the book because of her pride, vanity, impulsivity, and unwillingness to listen to sound reason from Oak, but she grew on me as she matured towards the end.<br /><br />Here’s my review, if interested: https://elle-alice.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-classics-club-far-from-madding-crowd.htmlElena Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15685353322770187159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-91503530688320370172017-01-01T20:39:16.031+11:002017-01-01T20:39:16.031+11:00Thanks Karen. I'll keep Return of the Native ...Thanks Karen. I'll keep Return of the Native in mind.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-23430918672711486922016-12-31T19:20:48.498+11:002016-12-31T19:20:48.498+11:00Great review! This is the book that made me love H...Great review! This is the book that made me love Hardy -- I really enjoyed the movie and it helped me get over my fear of Hardy and read the book as well, then I followed it up with Return of the Native which is also good. It has a few lighthearted moments but it is darker than Far From the Madding Crowd. Karen K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13483190930383406559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-32520149349412292072016-09-22T10:52:48.409+10:002016-09-22T10:52:48.409+10:00I think you'd love it, Silvia. It's very d...I think you'd love it, Silvia. It's very different to Tess but his writing is just so beautiful in both. I just didn't like the depressing fatalism of the former but couldn't help admiring his skill in writing, regardless. Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-63980465883511670722016-09-22T01:10:54.950+10:002016-09-22T01:10:54.950+10:00Like the first commenter, I only know the Hardy of...Like the first commenter, I only know the Hardy of Tess of the d'Urbervilles, which is bleak, as you all describe it. Just by that book I'd thought him more similar to Hawthorn's Scarlett Letter than to Elliot, so this book (which I think all my reading friends on Internet read last year and this) has gone up my tbr pile for sure.Silviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17249978624747684879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-72877567022911443462016-09-20T20:09:40.691+10:002016-09-20T20:09:40.691+10:00I haven't seen the film. Sharon mentioned a BB...I haven't seen the film. Sharon mentioned a BBC production above that also sounds good. Alan Rickman did an audio version of Return of the Native. I just found the first part here:<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBvKULWMYxY - Wouldn't mind getting a hold of the complete audio; he has such a mellifluous voice.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-60579952959646380042016-09-20T12:46:42.491+10:002016-09-20T12:46:42.491+10:00After I read this one, I really fell in love w/ Ha...After I read this one, I really fell in love w/ Hardy's writing. (I also enjoyed <i>Return of the Native</i> too.) I've not read Eliot, yet, but that is encouraging about the feeling. <br /><br />Have you seen the 2015 film version? That I love very much!!Ruth @ with freedom and bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15531827758868215023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-53278090706022726122016-09-20T10:42:14.380+10:002016-09-20T10:42:14.380+10:00I knew there was a movie made last year (which I h...I knew there was a movie made last year (which I haven't seen) but I love the BBC productions so I'll have a look for that. Thanks for sharing that! It's my Hardy favourite so far.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-90818114005641010162016-09-20T10:39:35.790+10:002016-09-20T10:39:35.790+10:00Tess was my first book by Hardy too then I read Th...Tess was my first book by Hardy too then I read The Mayor of Casterbridge. Tess was always overcome by circumstances that were beyond her control but Henchard, the protagonist in M of C determined his own destiny by his double mindedness and violent temper. Hardy explored the idea 'character is fate' in this book and did it very well. FF the M Crowd is definitely my favourite so far.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-32561228803341662962016-09-20T08:15:13.683+10:002016-09-20T08:15:13.683+10:00This is my favorite book by Hardy. The BBC put on...This is my favorite book by Hardy. The BBC put on a masterful production of it back in 1998. It is my very favorite and I've watched it several times. The actors, all of the them, do a brilliant job. The movie is carefully crafted all the way down to the finest detail.<br /><br />I hope you enjoy the book as much as I do.Gently Madhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10450371589766691273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-21447944521675245602016-09-19T23:23:08.776+10:002016-09-19T23:23:08.776+10:00I had never read Hardy until I read Tess of the d&...I had never read Hardy until I read Tess of the d'Urbervilles within the past year. I found that book to be brilliant yet incredibly bleak. I agree that there was not much humor in that book. <br /><br /> I want to read more of his works. I will likely read this one next. I also agree that Hardy's style is so very poetic. Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.com