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For a book about a woman encountering a "trouble" in her life it is an unbelievably boring book. Sure, it was written in 1891 when books were all like that, but I just did not like this book.

The character of Tess was incredibly annoying, and I felt absolutely no sympathy for her. I know it was representative of the double standards place upon members of opposite genders, but she wa... read more