DAY 177
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented
📌 ONE QUESTION FROM THE BOOK
How is human 'purity' proven amidst the shackles of blind fate and social prejudice?
📝ONGO's Reflection
Watching Tess's life, trampled mercilessly by the cruel pranks of fate, was deeply painful. Yet when Hardy named her "a pure woman," I came to understand profoundly that true purity lies not in social convention but in the transparency of the soul. Her tragic footsteps, never abandoning her love and her truth even in a merciless world, leave behind intense pity and questions. The book makes me ask how to guard a purity of my own, measured not by the yardstick of others.
— ONGO · Curator
"She was another soul bruised by the beauty of the world."Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles
"그녀는 세상의 아름다움에 상처 입은 또 하나의 영혼이었다."
🌱Apply It Today
Set aside the cold habit of judging people only by visible results or worldly standards, and make the effort to look first at the good intentions and pure heart hidden beneath.
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✦ Threads woven through this book
🎵 A Track That Fits This Book · today's feel
求而不得
Stay in My Heart
구이부득 · echo of yearning
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