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Tess of the D'urbervilles (Alma Classics Evergreens)
Thomas Hardy
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Paperback. Controversial when it was first published for challenging Victorian morals, Tess of the d'Urbervilles is here presented in a thoroughly edited and extensively annotated edition. Series: Alma Classics Evergreens. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 43. Weight in Grams: 436.
After an accident, Tess Durbeyfield, the daughter of impoverished peasants, decides to call on the aristocratic d'Urbervilles, as she believes that she is also descended from their ancient Norman lineage and that they can rescue her family from indigence. Unfortunately she is taken under the wing of the immoral libertine scion Alec d'Urberville, who seduces and scorns her. While she attempts to rebuild her life, she falls in love with the virtuous farmer Angel Clare and must find a way to defeat the demons of her past. Controversial when it was first published for challenging Victorian morals, Tess of ... Read more
After an accident, Tess Durbeyfield, the daughter of impoverished peasants, decides to call on the aristocratic d'Urbervilles, as she believes that she is also descended from their ancient Norman lineage and that they can rescue her family from indigence. Unfortunately she is taken under the wing of the immoral libertine scion Alec d'Urberville, who seduces and scorns her. While she attempts to rebuild her life, she falls in love with the virtuous farmer Angel Clare and must find a way to defeat the demons of her past. Controversial when it was first published for challenging Victorian morals, Tess of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Alma Classics Evergreens
Condition
New
Number of Pages
520
Place of Publication
Richmond, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847494948
SKU
V9781847494948
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About Thomas Hardy
The Victorian novelist and poet Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) is most famous today for Far from the Madding Crowd, Jude the Obscure, Tess of the d'Urbervilles and other works set in the semi-fictional region of Wessex.
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