第1页共3页本文格式为Word版下载后可任意编辑和复制远离尘嚣英语读后感远离尘嚣英语读后感LetmejuststartbysayingthatIhadbeenputoffreadingThomasHardyebyDickens.HavingreallystruggledwithDickensandresortedtoaudioIhadwronglyassumedthatall19Clituraturewasthesame.HowwrongIcouldbe.FromthefirstparagraphwheretheopeningcharacterfarmerGabrielOakisdesribedsmiling,thecornersofhismouthspreadtilltheywereanunimportantdistancefromhisearsIfellinlovewithHardysnarrative.Hisabilitytousewordsthatliftthedescriptionoffthepageandintothereadersimaginationarenotjustoutstandingbutincrediblyenjoyable.Iwentintothisbookblindly,knowinglittleabouttheplotthatlayaheadoreventhegenre.Ithasbeendescribedbysomeasromanticfiction.ButIthinkthisistoosimplisticatitleandandmaybeslightlyoff-第2页共3页本文格式为Word版下载后可任意编辑和复制puttingtosome.HardyestepsintoGreekTragedywhentheunwittingandchurlishactionsofouryoungprotagonist,BathshebaEverdene,resultinalovetrystbetweenthreesuitorswithtragicconsequenses.ThebookisessentiallyajourneyforBathshebaintowomanhoodnotunlikethejourneythatScarlettOHaramakesinGonewiththeWindwhoalsohastoovercomegreattragedyinordertorealiseherownstrength.Unlikethisheroin,however,Bathshebaismoretheinstrumentofchaosandindecionandpartofherjourneyisthatsheacceptswhatshehascausedandtriestomakeitright.HardyeavoidsmakingthisintomoralstricturebutdeviatesfromtheGreekTragedymodelbygivingusahappyendingnotatypicalof19Cserialisedfiction.Quiteoftenanauthorsvoicecreepsintotheirwritingandthereaderbecomesawarethatthe第3页共3页本文格式为Word版下载后可任意编辑和复制yarenotinfactwalkingthehillsanddalesoffictionalWessexbutareatthepennibofawrit
