As I slide through a bunch of Thomas Hardy novels, I realize that he loved going over the same themes over and over. Not necessarily a bad thing.The main protagonist -- a dude -- makes bad decisions after bad decision eventually having to pay some sort of penance for his sins as he goes from being on top to being on the very bottom.
What would've benefited many of his characters the most would have been to stay as far away from members of the opposite sex as possible and never -- ever! -- get married.
What is most interesting is that no matter how low a character gets, there always seems to be another level of hell that he or she hasn't gotten to yet. And no matter how much they want to make up for what they've done, it's never enough.
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