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Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Author: Thomas Hardy   Series: Vintage Classics

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First published in three volumes in 1891.

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First published in three volumes in 1891.

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In a beautiful new Vintage Classics package- one of Hardy's most famous novels, the story of an innocent young woman victimized by the double standards of her day.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 so familiar from Hardy's early work, 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 her beauty, goodness, and tragic fate. In so doing, he created a character who, like Emma Bovary and Anna Karenina, has achieved classic stature.

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Critic Reviews

“"[ 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”

“[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

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About the Author

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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Product Details

Publisher
Random House USA Inc | Vintage Books
Published
3rd March 2015
Pages
480
ISBN
9780345803986

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