Victorian Rickmaniac

[firecat]

Alan Rickman's reading of The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy is truly wonderful. I never would have discovered Hardy's gentle, funny, deadly honest, fabulously observant mind otherwise, and I would have been the poorer for it.

One of the reviews at Amazon described Rickman's narration as "austere." Hahahaha. Like taking a bath in warm chocolate is austere.

And he sings!

Comments

[firecat]

Have you read any other Hardy? I'm tempted to try, but I also read somewhere that Return of the Native was his best book.

[supergee.livejournal.com]

I also liked The Mayor of Casterbridge.