Day 23 – Most annoying character ever

Tess Durbeyfield (of the Durbevilles).

Grow a SPINE.

This is, of course Thomas Hardy’s fault. He who couldn’t bear the idea of representing an illegitimate pregnancy to the point that the book skips from “is Alec seducing her?” to “how the hell does she have a baby now?!” in the space of a page break.

Argh.