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Advantages: A great read!
Disadvantages: A very unpleasant end.

Tess of the D'Urbervilles is one of my favourite Thomas Hardy novels, simply because the story is so unique and captivating. Ii read this over the summer and I can assure you that you also will enjoy the book. The price is very little and is definately worth having in your collection. However, those who are new to Thomas Hardy I must warn you that his work is often padded out with excessive details. This however does not ruin the story. The story ...
...invites you to sympathize with all that Tess is and all that she goes through. I highly recommend this novel, although it may not have a pleasant ending it is very interesting and meaningful! I must add that any woman intending on reading this you are surely to love it! ... Read review

Advantages: Amazing Characterization
Disadvantages: You Will Cry

...1937 being during the time of The Great American Depression - The Depression being caused by a collapse of the Wall Street Stock Market causing the American dollar to become almost worthless. During the great depression unemployment in America rose to 25% and as demand for American made products was falling. A job was never fully secure, because of this, and it was common to find manual workers going from one place to another in search of work. These ...
...collage. Steinbeck undertook a series of manual unskilled jobs, one of which as a farm laborer in ranches in northern California. When planning a novel an author focuses on three main parts; The plot, the characters and the scene. Steinbeck has incorporated the feeling of a desolate atmosphere in to each of these. Giving his novel a three dimensional outlook also adding an atmospheric feel into smaller details such as the names of places and the ... Read review