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A ne'er-do-well exploits his gentle daughter's beauty for social advancement in this masterpiece of tragic fiction. Hardy's 1891 novel defied convention to focus on the rural lower class for a frank treatment of sexuality and religion. Then and now, his sympathetic portrait of a victim of Victorian hypocrisy offers compelling reading.
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Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy
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- Released
- 2008
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Thomas Hardy
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Released
- 2008
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 443
- ISBN10
- 0199537054
- ISBN13
- 9780199537051
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Language Textbooks & Dictionaries, Love, Women, Classics, Society, England, 19th century, Great Britain, English Literature, Adapted for Film, Fate, Victorian Era, Emancipation, Unhappy Love
- First published
- 1891
- Original title
- Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- Rating
- 3.75 out of 5
- Description
- A ne'er-do-well exploits his gentle daughter's beauty for social advancement in this masterpiece of tragic fiction. Hardy's 1891 novel defied convention to focus on the rural lower class for a frank treatment of sexuality and religion. Then and now, his sympathetic portrait of a victim of Victorian hypocrisy offers compelling reading.