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Tess of the D'Urbervilles /

A ne'er-do-well exploits his gentle daughter's beauty for social advancement in this masterpiece of tragic fiction. Hardy's 1891 novel defied convention to focus on the rural lower class for a frank treatment of sexuality and religion. Then and now, his sympathetic portrait of a victi...

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Main Authors: Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928
Group Author: Dolin, Tim, 1959; Higonnett, Margaret R
Published: Penguin Classics,
Publisher Address: London :
Publication Dates: 2008.
©1998
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: New ed. /
Series: Penguin classics
Subjects:
Young women > England > Wessex > Fiction
Man-woman relationships > Fiction
Poor families > Fiction
Social classes > England > Fiction
Women murderers > Fiction
Wessex England > Fiction
England > Rural conditions > Fiction
England > Social life and customs > Fiction
Summary: A ne'er-do-well exploits his gentle daughter's beauty for social advancement in this masterpiece of tragic fiction. Hardy's 1891 novel defied convention to focus on the rural lower class for a frank treatment of sexuality and religion. Then and now, his sympathetic portrait of a victim of Victorian hypocrisy offers compelling reading.
Carrier Form: lxviii, 517 pages : map ; 21 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9780141040332
0141040335
Index Number: PR4748
CLC: I561.44
Call Number: I561.44/H272-39

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