Faith&books | Reflecting on two authors: Hardy and Gaskell #Victober @faithbooks7906 | Uploaded October 2022 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
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After I finished this I thought, wouldn't it be good to compare Hardy's Tess of D'urbervilles with Gaskell's Ruth? I think Hardy is the better writer (I don't think it is Gaskell's strongest novel) but I actually like Ruth a lot more than Tess and I think Gaskell was telling a harder story to write. Mostly because I think Hardy sees Tess as a victim, while Gaskell gives Ruth more agency and more strength to cope with her very confining circumstances.