"Rachel the mysterious. She sometimes seems like a gold-digger, a spendthrift who will go through Phillip's money and break his heart. Or is she just misunderstood, a European whose mode of life is so foreign to the English that they think the worst. Conflicts: the pearl necklace given and then taken back; letters is Sam's gifted jacket. Good, solid story . . . a bit of a chick book, but I'm okay with it. Hmmm
"To all humankind, Tess was only a passing thought. Even to friends, she was only a frequently passing thought." Angel Clare is a good character. He's "enlightened," in so many ways, but when Tess's confesses her "crime," he reverts to ancestral form . . . Tess's "confession" comes earlier than I expected, right after Angel reveals that he has had a bad moment with a woman. Tess points out the similarity in their transgressions, though his is the only true transgression, expecting forgiveness. She doesn't get it. She returns to her mother . . . realizes she can't stay with her. Thoughts to suicide. Unhappiness that divorce is not possible. Departs. Tragic in that the two, if Angel could just see clearly, would indeed be a great couple, each adding to the other. Nature as a definite force involved in the tragedy. It's not neutral--when things go bad, the very skies mock Tess. Tess as unaware of the power of her bea...
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