Placeholder text

Go to cart

Tess of the D' Urbervilles

By Thomas Hardy

Tess of the D' Urbervilles Contemporary literature

Tess of the D' Urbervilles

0 - Default Title
Description
'She looked absolutely pure. Nature, in her fantastic trickery, had set such a seal of maidenhood upon Tess's countenance that he gazed at her with a stupefied air: "Tess- say it is not true! No, it is not true!"' Young Tess Durbeyfield attempts to restore her family's fortunes by claiming their connection with the aristocratic d'Urbervilles. But Alec d'Urberville is a rich wastrel who seduces her and makes her life miserable. When Tess meets Angel Clare, she is offered true love and happiness, but her past catches up with her and she faces an agonizing moral choice. Hardy's indictment of society's double standards, and his depiction of Tess as 'a pure woman', caused controversy in his day and has held the imagination of readers ever since. Hardy thought it his finest novel, and Tess the most deeply felt character he ever created. This unique critical text is taken from the authoritative Clarendon edition, which is based on the manuscript collated with all Hardy's subsequent revisions.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
496
Release Date:
2008-10-15
Publication Date:
2008-12-31
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0199537054
ISBN13:
9780199537051
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
345 g
Height:
131 cm
Width:
194 cm
Thickness:
23 cm
Buy on Amazon
Currently sold out