Tess of the d'Urbervilles

This is a mini-series of a book written by Tomas Hardy.

It was on PBS tonight as a Masterpiece Classic.

I, however, evidently don't read enough classics.


I have always trusted PBS. I have rarely been disappointed.


But...I shall never watch a series based on a classic book without reading the book summary again.


The author's name should have been a red flag for me. Thomas Hardy is only followed by Dickens when it comes to tragic stories.

I've only read one of Hardy's stories and it still haunts me to this day.

Hardy breaks your heart.

I think I'll skip part two (and part three if there is one.)

If you like dramas where things go from bad to worse, if you love watching injustices, this is the movie for you. The movie, like all Masterpiece series, is very good. Scenery and costuming and the way the cloud shadows move across the landscape.

Acting is good. I enjoyed watching the actress, what's-her-name, because she looks like a younger version of the girl that plays Lisbon the boss of the Mentalist.Don't watch it if you're alone and depressed and have no gun. On the other hand maybe it's good for manic depressives to see someone worse off than they are. I don't know.





I, for one, like sad stories if they end up happy not the other way around. I'm funny that way.

I'm glad I read the synopsis and also sad because I'll never forget the ending anyway.

Thanks Wikipedia, for nothing.