Just finished one of the books from the list: Far From The Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy. Having actually grown up in Hardy's Wessex, including Casterbridge which features as the main town close to the village of Weatherbury where the action is set, it was pretty embarrassing that I'd not read this before. I think Weatherbury is based on nearby Puddletown, but I'm happy to be corrected!
After a difficult start to the book, and having been haunted by the misery of Jude and the Woodlanders which are the only Hardy novels I've read, I found it hard to get into, but then really enjoyed the historical detail and the highly descriptive drama of love in its various guises. Onto the next book from the BBC’s 'greatest 100 books' which I think will be Catch 22 as I've spied amongst my partner's books on the shelf.....
Thursday 6 January 2011
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