tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934096967055481899.post4713982085014220026..comments2024-03-04T11:22:53.502-05:00Comments on Fifty Books Project 2023: Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas HardyFifty Books Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08640286429668778869noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934096967055481899.post-67521631266778182612011-01-26T17:31:21.670-05:002011-01-26T17:31:21.670-05:00Billy: I have not.Billy: I have not.Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12500451355263180972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934096967055481899.post-5881589295169400652011-01-26T16:22:57.345-05:002011-01-26T16:22:57.345-05:00Great review; appreciated the lack of spoilers. Th...Great review; appreciated the lack of spoilers. This is my wife's favorite novel, and, although I haven't read it yet, I did read Jude the Obscure, which was great but kind of crushingly depressing. Hardy is a really great stylist though, and his plots seem so organic and inevitable.Brent Waggonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05121696882391723790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934096967055481899.post-90154940377566234492011-01-24T00:11:06.069-05:002011-01-24T00:11:06.069-05:00i just skimmed this review because i didn't wa...i just skimmed this review because i didn't want to learn too much about the book in case i read, but it seems to me that bathsheba and scarlett o'hara have a lot in common (based on the first 150 pages of gone with the wind, which is regrettably knocking me off my pace, but oh well). have you read gone with the wind?billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00349770176721652737noreply@blogger.com