Young Tess Durbeyfield attempts to restore her family's fortunes by claiming their connection with the aristocratic d'Urbervilles. But Alec d'Urberville is a rich wastrel who seduces her and makes her life miserable. When Tess meets Angel Clare, she is offered true love and happiness, but her past catches up with her and she faces an agonizing moral choice. Thomas Hardy's indictment of society's double standards, and his depiction of Tess as a pure woman, caused controversy in his day and has held the imagination of readers ever since. Hardy thought it his finest vel and Tess the most deeply felt character he ever created.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
ISBN-10
1400136997
ISBN-13
9781400136995
eBay Product ID (ePID)
103747291
Product Key Features
Author
Thomas Hardy
Format
CD, CD Standard Audio Format
Language
English
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
Old Saybrook, Ct
Running Time
900
Narrator(s)
Simon Vance
Author Biography
Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was an English poet and regional novelist whose most notable novels are Far from the Madding Crowd and Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Simon Vance has recorded over four hundred audiobooks and has earned over twenty AudioFile Earphones Awards, including for his narration of Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini. He is also the recipient of five coveted Audie Awards, including one for The King's Speech by Mark Logue and Peter Conradi, and he was named an AudioFile Best Voice of 2009.