[hardy-l] RE: Hardy-l Digest, Vol 42, Issue 3

[Arvind raina]

Dear Pauline
 
Thanks for your mail. I completely agree with you on  the issue of using sparknotes and will do as you have suggested. I have finished reading Jude The Obscure and now reading Far From The Madding Crowd. When I think about Jude The Obscure, I think I have the story in my mind but still find it difficult to put it in words. 
 
The characters in it -the four main characters-Jude, Sue  Arabella and Philotson-all are beautifully developed and I guess I have been able to underastand them but just as much as a lay man would. 

 

You know what there are plenty of books available in the market which are written with an intention to help college students to get passing marks. These books have all the possible questions one may have in mind but I  personally feel taking help from these books will make my knowledge of these beautiful novels superfluous. 

 

I can understand the story but then there are many things that I simply fail to understand because of the cultural, historical and geographical background.a

 

 





















le stuck on an idea then they can be useful, as
 can the character analyses, which takes some of the hard work out of reading
 these novels.
 
 
 
My personal advise is to use them, read and digest them, and then make up
 your own mind. You can never beat reading and analysing the actual text,
 after all that is what it's all about.
 
 
 
Kind regards




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