>>6100570>>6100187>>6100201>sword of irony?I have only read one Thomas Hardy novel, Tess Of The D'Urbervilles that is his best most poignant and monumental work the others I understand to be bizarre Victorian melodramas (in one Hardy novel, some incel man literally freezes to death outside in the cold rather than violate the sacrosanct taboo, dishonour himself by staying in the same hovel as another woman lol) Far From The Madding Crowd has some preposterous and ridiculous UNSUBTLE metaphorical scenes like the SHEEP CLIFF SUICIDE?? but also this other exquisite SEX PENETRATION METAPHOR OOOHHH THE DANGER look some soldier is so perturbed by Carey Mulligan's warty face, he decides to perform some sabre exercises slashing and thrusting the air around her visage to romantically impress her; sadly his accuracy and swordsmanship control is not sufficient to surgically excise the wart from her face though. Nor indeed to elicit any response from her acting either
