Tess of the D'Urbervilles

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 7/14/06 at 7:34pm

Who else loves this book? My voice teacher's writing a musical based on it, and I was in a preview performance of it, so I thought I should finally get around to reading the book. I'm not that far into it, but I'm loving it!

[Fiction Writer]

Posted: 7/14/06 at 9:41pm

Hell to the No.

I've read that and the Mayor of Casterbridge, and thought both of them were very boring. I didn't hate it, but it wasn't my cup of tea.

I do wish your voice teacher success though. How much does she/he have completed?

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 7/15/06 at 11:54am

Loved it. So magnificently depressing! I tried reading JUDE THE OBSCURE and couldn't quite get into it the way I got into TESS.

[pattifan2]

Posted: 7/15/06 at 12:07pm

Beautiful novel. I've read it probably six times now. My favourite Hardy by far.

MFL - I'm interested that your voice teacher is writing a musical based on this. A musical of the story opened in London a few years ago after a short tour. It ran for a very short time.

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 7/15/06 at 9:33pm

My voice teacher's musical is spectacular. I know she's written a complete musical by now, but it's still a work is progress. For more information, go to tessthemusical.com. It's quite amazing.

[Kitzarina]

Posted: 7/16/06 at 11:43am

The Mayor of Casterbridge was ok, but I haven't gotten around to reading Tess yet. My ex-boyfriend reads Thomas Hardy when he gets depressed...I guess it shows him that things could always be worse.