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Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Wordsworth Classics)
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.
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.
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Publisher : Wordsworth Editions; Reprint edition (5 May 1992)
Language : English
Paperback : 384 pages
ISBN-10 : 1853260053
ISBN-13 : 978-1853260056
Dimensions : 12.7 x 2.01 x 19.86 cm
Best Sellers Rank: 4,882 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Customer reviews: 4.6
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Publisher : Wordsworth Editions; Reprint edition (5 May 1992)
Language : English
Paperback : 384 pages
ISBN-10 : 1853260053
ISBN-13 : 978-1853260056
Dimensions : 12.7 x 2.01 x 19.86 cm
Best Sellers Rank: 4,882 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
1 in York Notes Advanced
317 in Fiction Classics (Books)
1,456 in Literary Fiction (Books)
Customer reviews: 4.6
882 ratings
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