Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Title:
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
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ISBN:
9780679405863
9780192833624
Publication Information:
New York : Knopf, c1991.
Physical Description:
xlviii, 472 p. : map ; 22 cm.
Series:
Contents:
Chronology -- Explanatory note to the first edition -- Preface to the fifth and later editions -- Phase the first: The Maiden -- Phase the second: Maiden no more -- Phase the third: The Rally -- Phase the fourth: The Consequence -- Phase the fifth: The Woman pays -- Phase the sixth: The Convert -- Phase the seventh: Fulfilment -- Appendix -- Hardy's general preface to the Wessec edition of 1912 -- Map of Hardy's Wessex.
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Summary:
Forced by her parents' ambitions among her wealthy D'Urberville cousins, Tess Durbeyfield attracts the unscrupulous Alec. Seduced and discarded, she finds work as a milkmaid, and her steadfast integrity is finally rewarded by the love of Angel Clare. Of all the great English novelists, no one writes more eloquently of tragic destiny than Hardy. With the innocent and powerless victim Tess, he creates profound sympathy for human frailty while passionately indicting the injustices of Victorian society. Scorned by outraged readers upon its publication in 1891, Tess of the d'Urbervilles is today one of the enduring classics of nineteenth century literature.
