Thomas Hardy is a master in literature. And this is one of his best. Few books can be so heart wrenching about a man of such character.
These are some of the books I read during last half a century or so, and some of the thoughts, questions, reactions and insights, emotions - and so forth -, evoked on reading them, either then or later sometime during the interim years and decades, or even thinking over now, that are summed up here while trying to record my impressions about what I read.
Monday, October 20, 2008
The Mayor of Casterbridge; by Thomas Hardy.
A man can make a horrendous mistake in a bad moment with drink and temper, and however much he regrets it and does his best to change himself and aspire to be a better man, another moment of being less vigilent with one's faults can again bring him down and bring unhappiness to him and others around him. One may pity him, but one has to excuse those he harmed and are unable to love him again, or even forgive him, especially the young ones.
Thomas Hardy is a master in literature. And this is one of his best. Few books can be so heart wrenching about a man of such character.
Thomas Hardy is a master in literature. And this is one of his best. Few books can be so heart wrenching about a man of such character.