Tess of the d'Urbervilles

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Stonehedge

    John Gould (1990)

 

"Stonehenge, Entire":

The ancient monument lies on the Plains of Salisbury, or "The Great Plains" as Hardy identified them on his map. Here, at the end of the novel, the fleeing Tess and Angel pause during a moonless night:

"What monstrous place is this?" said Angel.

"It hums," said she. "Harken."

He listened. The wind, playing upon the edifice, produced a booming tune, like the note of some gigantic one-stringed harp....


 

#2 "Stonehenge, Detail":

"A very Temple of the Winds," he said.

The next pillar was isolated: others composed a trilithon; others were prostrate, their flanks forming a causeway wide enough for a carriage; and it was soon obvious they they made up a forest of monoliths grouped upon the grassy expanse of the plain....

"It is Stonehenge!" said Clare. (Chapter LVIII)

Stonehedge, Detail

John Gould (1990)      


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