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Date: 01/01/02
Part of a personal site maintained by M. Nyman, a high school teacher in the twin cities area, Minnesota, USA. Provides six brief quotations from Tess of the d'Urbervilles, with "reactions" to them.
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The edition of Tess of the d'Urbervilles from which the texts are quoted is not specified; see our GENERAL CAUTION about such texts. The quotations tend to be brief, as is, for example, this from Hardy's description of Alec d'Urberville:
He had an almost swarthy complexion, with full lips, badly moulded, though red and smooth, above which was a well-groomed black moustache, with curled points, though his age could not be more than three- or four-and-twenty. Despite the touches of barbarism in his contours, there was a singular force in the gentleman's face, and in his bold rolling eye.The "reactions" to the quotations, of which the following is typical, appear to be addressed to a secondary school audience:
REACTION: Well, for any of you who are familiar with the story of Tess, you may recognize one Alec d'Urberville. For anyone, what's your gut reaction to this guy after reading the description? A complete lout, right? I always picture one of those stock villains from the melodramas. He's always out to make trouble for the sweet-young-thing, who is often mercilessly in his control. Well, in my opinion, that association is actually too positive for this character. This description, however, always stood out to me as a tell-tale sign from the beginning, that he was going to be trouble--and he was!SUMMARY: