Tess of the D'Urbervilles
- Paperback
480 pages
- Release Date
14 March 2015
Summary
Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Betrayed
One of Thomas Hardy’s most famous novels is the story of an innocent young woman victimized by the double standards of her day.
Set in the magical Wessex landscape, Tess of the d’Urbervilles is unique among his great novels for the intense feeling that he lavished upon his heroine, Tess, a pure woman betrayed by love. Hardy poured all of his profound empathy for both humanity and the rhythms of natural life into this story of …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780345803986 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0345803981 |
| Series: | Vintage Classics |
| Author: | Thomas Hardy |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 14 March 2015 |
| Weight: | 374g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 131mm x 26mm |
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“[Tess of the D’Urbervilles is] Hardy’s finest, most complex and most notorious novel … The novel is not a mere plea for compassion for the eternal victim, though that is the banner it flies. It also involves a profound questioning of contemporary morality.” –from the Introduction by Patricia Ingham
About The Author
Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was born in Dorset, England, son of a stonemason. Though a gifted student, he was unable to afford to attend university. He was apprenticed to an architect at age sixteen and worked in London for several years before returning to Dorset and dedicating himself to writing novels and poems.
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