The best part of The Lord of the Rings, Metamorphoses (Ovid’s one not Kafka’s), and Tess of the D’urbervilles is the nature

The nature in these pieces is not just a setting, it is the means by which each story is told. As these characters march through the story, conflicted and scared, nature observes. With its unwavering omniscience and beauty nature narrates without the need for narration, all that is needed is a little observation.