Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Oxford World's Classics)
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Young Tess Durbeyfield attempts to restore her family's fortunes by claiming their connection with the aristocratic d'Urbervilles. But Alec d'Urberville is a rich wastrel who seduces her and makes her life miserable. When Tess meets Angel Clare, she is offered true love and happiness, but
her past catches up with her and she faces an agonizing moral choice.
Hardy's indictment of society's double standards, and his depiction of Tess as 'a pure woman', caused controversy in his day and has held the imagination of readers ever since. Hardy thought it his finest novel, and Tess the most deeply felt character he ever created. This unique critical text is
taken from the authoritative Clarendon edition, which is based on the manuscript collated with all Hardy's subsequent revisions.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Oxford World's Classics),Thomas Hardy,Nancy Barrineau,Simon Gatrell,Juliet Grindle,Penny Boumelha,Oxford University Press, USA,019284069X,19th Century English Literature,Classics,English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,Fiction,General,Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928,Literary,Literary Criticism,Literature - Classics / Criticism,Literature: Classics,19th century fiction,Classic fiction,English,Fiction / Classics,Literature/English | British Literature | 19th C
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