'A love story that is both persuasive and tender'
- * The Sunday Times *
'An extraordinary book . . . as inevitable as Hardy at his most doom-laden. And as unforgettable'
- * Guardian *
'A description of the extraordinary, sustaining power of a marriage to bind two people together in love, through the most emotionally harrowing circumstances'
- * Daily Mail *
'It is not only the plot that it so compelling . . . What makes this wonderful novel stand out is the cast of emotionally fragile characters, all of whom inspire tremendous sympathy in the reader'
- * Daily Express *
A moving tale . . . prepare to weep'
- * New York Times *