Tess Of The D'Urbervilles
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Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A cornerstone of Victorian literature, Tess of the D'Urbervilles chronicles the tragic life of Tess Durbeyfield, a young peasant woman whose family's discovery of their noble ancestry sets in motion a devastating chain of events. Hardy unflinchingly presents the brutal social and moral hypocrisies of 19th-century England, illustrating how class, gender, and religious convention conspire to destroy an innocent woman. The novel's tone is at once lyrical and deeply sorrowful, as Hardy's rich prose renders the Wessex countryside with vivid beauty even as it details Tess's relentless suffering at the hands of the manipulative Alec D'Urberville and the idealistic but ultimately rigid Angel Clare. Widely regarded as one of the greatest novels in the English language, it argues passionately against a society that punishes women for the sins committed against them, a theme that remains as urgent and resonant today as when it was first published in 1891.
Author: Thomas Hardy
Format: Hardback
Published: 1986, Clarendon Press, Oxford
Genre: Classic fiction
Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A cornerstone of Victorian literature, Tess of the D'Urbervilles chronicles the tragic life of Tess Durbeyfield, a young peasant woman whose family's discovery of their noble ancestry sets in motion a devastating chain of events. Hardy unflinchingly presents the brutal social and moral hypocrisies of 19th-century England, illustrating how class, gender, and religious convention conspire to destroy an innocent woman. The novel's tone is at once lyrical and deeply sorrowful, as Hardy's rich prose renders the Wessex countryside with vivid beauty even as it details Tess's relentless suffering at the hands of the manipulative Alec D'Urberville and the idealistic but ultimately rigid Angel Clare. Widely regarded as one of the greatest novels in the English language, it argues passionately against a society that punishes women for the sins committed against them, a theme that remains as urgent and resonant today as when it was first published in 1891.