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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
Published: Dover Publications,
Publisher Address: Mineola, N.Y. :
Publication Dates: 2001.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Dover thrift editions
Subjects:
Triangles Interpersonal relations > Fiction
Man-woman relationships > Fiction
Children of the rich > Fiction
Children of clergy > Fiction
Women household employees > Fiction
Women murderers > Fiction
Poor families > Fiction
Children of clergy
Children of the rich
Man-woman relationships
Poor families
Triangles Interpersonal relations
Women household employees
Women murderers
Wessex England > Fiction
England > Wessex
Fiction
Pastoral fiction
Didactic 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.
Item Description: "An unabridged republication of the Wessex edition ... originally published in 1912"--Title page verso.
Carrier Form: xiii, 321 pages ; 21 cm.
ISBN: 9780486415895
0486415899
Index Number: PR4748
CLC: I561.44
Call Number: I561.44/H272-42

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