Tess of the D'Urbervilles / Thomas Hardy; edited with notes by Tim Dolin; with an introduction by Margaret R. Higonnet.
By: Hardy, Thomas
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Contributor(s): Dolin, Tim [editor] | Higonnet, Margaret R.
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BookPlace of publication: LondonPublisher: Penguin BooksDate of publication: 2003Description: lxviii, 518 pages: 20 cm.ISBN: 9780141439594.Subject(s): Poor families -- Fiction | Children of the rich -- Fiction | Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction | Man-woman relationships -- FictionDDC classification: 823.8 H2222 2003 Summary: With its depiction of the wronged 'pure woman' Tess and its powerful criticism of Victorian hypocrisy, Tess of the D'Urbervilles is one of the most moving and poetic of Hardy's novels. When its heroine, Tess Durbeyfield, is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Ubervilles, meeting her 'cousin' Alec proves to be her downfall. A very different man, Angel Clare, seems to offer her love and salvation, but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent in the hope of a peaceful future.
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Includes bibliographical notes, introduction, notes, appendices and glossary.
With its depiction of the wronged 'pure woman' Tess and its powerful criticism of Victorian hypocrisy, Tess of the D'Urbervilles is one of the most moving and poetic of Hardy's novels. When its heroine, Tess Durbeyfield, is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Ubervilles, meeting her 'cousin' Alec proves to be her downfall. A very different man, Angel Clare, seems to offer her love and salvation, but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent in the hope of a peaceful future.
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