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Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy (1997, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherWordsworth Editions, The Limited

ISBN-101853260053

ISBN-139781853260056

eBay Product ID (ePID)50099

Product Key Features

Book TitleTess of the D'urbervilles

Number of Pages384 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicClassics, Literary

Publication Year1997

IllustratorYes

GenreFiction

AuthorThomas Hardy

Book SeriesClassics Library

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight3.8 Oz

Item Length7.8 in

Item Width5.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition22

Number of Volumes1 vol.

Dewey Decimal823/.8

SynopsisA 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., Introduction and Notes by Michael Irwin, Professor of English Literature, University of Kent at Canterbury. 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. In addressing the double standards of the time, Hardy's masterly evocation of a world which we have lost, provides one of the most compelling stories in the canon of English literature, whose appeal today defies the judgement of Hardy's contemporary critics.