Tess of the D’Urbervilles

Hardy, Thomas

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Cruelly seduced by her relative, the cynical Alec D’Urberville, betrayed by the moral Angel Clare and haunted by her guilt and shame, Tess becomes Hardy’s indictment of all the crimes and hyprocrisies of 19th-century England.

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Publish Date: 06/11/2008
ISBN: 9780141040332 Category: Tag:

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Part of Penguin’s beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.

When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D’Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune, meeting her ‘cousin’ Alec proves to be her downfall. A very different man, Angel Clare, seems to offer her love and salvation, but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent in the hope of a peaceful future. With its sensitive depiction of the wronged Tess and powerful criticism of social convention, Tess of the D’Urbervilles is one of the most moving and poetic of Hardy’s novels.

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Weight 714 g
Dimensions 204 × 138 × 50 mm
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Cover

Hardback

Pages

592

Language

English

Edition

Reprint

Dewey

823.8 (edition:22)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K