Callie Tominsky’s Reviews > Tess of the D’Urbervilles > Status Update

Test was no insignificant creature to toy with and dismiss; but a woman living her precious life—a life which, to herself who endured or enjoyed it, possessed as great a dimension as the life of the mightiest to himself. upon her sensations, the whole world depended to test through her existence, all her fellow creatures existed to her. (Page 182)

-this was on my shelf for four years and I was too worried to read it
-first impressions: the prose is incredible, and Hardy is fabulous with pacing.