The only one I've read of the ones you're contemplating is Far from the Madding Crowd, and I would highly recommend it! And after you read, watch the adaptation with Carey Mulligan which is almost as excellent ☺️
I second this recommendation. I have read all 3 of the Hardy novels that you're considering, and Far from the Madding Crowd is my favorite. The adaptation with Carey Mulligan is first rate.
impressed by your loyalty to writers like Proux and how many works you have read and reread by others. Having written to George Eliot about the ups and downs of our association, I am very interested in which of her books your readers will recommend.
Kudos to you for managing to stick with Silas Marner which was forced on us unsuspecting New York State 8th graders. After being “Silas Marner-ed,” it took me decades to recover and tackle Middlemarch, but the timing was right for that to become a highlight of my reading life.
In the letter I write to Eliot in my forthcoming Letters to Men and Women of Letters (Colette and Edith Wharton and a number of shorter “Notes to Women of Note” are new additions), we discuss many things. But I’m eager to learn more about the Eliot books you are considering.
Kathy, Read all the Hardy books! They are wonderful. Carla Horwitz
I am definitely seeing a Hardy theme in these comments!
I haven't read Romola, but I highly recommend The Mill on the Floss.
That's good to hear because I was uncertain about this one.
The only one I've read of the ones you're contemplating is Far from the Madding Crowd, and I would highly recommend it! And after you read, watch the adaptation with Carey Mulligan which is almost as excellent ☺️
I second this recommendation. I have read all 3 of the Hardy novels that you're considering, and Far from the Madding Crowd is my favorite. The adaptation with Carey Mulligan is first rate.
Carey Mulligan! Who knew? Well, obviously you two did. ;)
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impressed by your loyalty to writers like Proux and how many works you have read and reread by others. Having written to George Eliot about the ups and downs of our association, I am very interested in which of her books your readers will recommend.
Kudos to you for managing to stick with Silas Marner which was forced on us unsuspecting New York State 8th graders. After being “Silas Marner-ed,” it took me decades to recover and tackle Middlemarch, but the timing was right for that to become a highlight of my reading life.
In the letter I write to Eliot in my forthcoming Letters to Men and Women of Letters (Colette and Edith Wharton and a number of shorter “Notes to Women of Note” are new additions), we discuss many things. But I’m eager to learn more about the Eliot books you are considering.