The life of a simple country girl in nineteenth-century England is destroyed by her father's determination to use her in order to regain the family's former social standing.
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.
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.
'Like the greatest characters in literature, Tess lives beyond the final pages of the book as a permanent citizen of the imagination,' said Irving Howe.
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.
'Like the greatest characters in literature, Tess lives beyond the final pages of the book as a permanent citizen of the imagination,' said Irving Howe.
" - Thomas Hardy ; Tess of the d'Urbervilles Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented is a novel by Thomas Hardy.
Tess is the victim of both a rigid Victorian moral code and the unfortunate circumstances of her family life.
Mr. Hardy does not make it sufficiently clear that Angel Clare did not know so much as he and we know; nor has he sufficiently explained to the reader why Tess submit— ted completely to d'Urberville instead of revolting from him after ...
This classic novel tells the story of how the poor rural couple John and Joan Durbeyfield become convinced that they are descended from the ancient family of d’Urbervilles.