Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Wadsworth Collection) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for Tess of the D'Urbervilles A novel of hypocrisy and double standards. It tells of Tess Durbeyfield, the daughter of a poor and dissipated villager, who learns that she may be descended from the ancient family of d'Urbeville. In her search for respectability her fortunes fluctuate wildly, and the story assumes the proportions of a Greek tragedy.
Full description- Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Published: 05 August 1997
- Format: Paperback 384 pages
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- Categories: Contemporary Fiction | Classics
- ISBN 13: 9781853260056 ISBN 10: 1853260053
- Sales rank: 2,542
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Full description for Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Set in Hardy's Wessex, Tess is a moving novel of hypocrisy and double standards. Its challenging sub-title, A Pure Woman, infuriated critics when the book was first published in 1891, and it was condemned as immoral and pessimistic. It tells of Tess Durbeyfield, the daughter of a poor and dissipated villager, who learns that she may be descended from the ancient family of d'Urbeville. In her search for respectability her fortunes fluctuate wildly, and the story assumes the proportions of a Greek tragedy. It explores Tess's relationships with two very different men, her struggle against the social mores of the rural Victorian world which she inhabits and the hypocrisy of the age.
