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Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Hardcover)
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Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Hardcover)
Series: Wordsworth Collector's Editions
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Loot Price R271
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Set in Hardy's Wessex, Tess is a moving novel of hypocrisy and
double standards. Its challenging sub-title, A Pure Woman,
infuriated critics when the book was first published in 1891, and
it was condemned as immoral and pessimistic. It tells of Tess
Durbeyfield, the daughter of a poor and dissipated villager, who
learns that she may be descended from the ancient family of
d'Urbeville. In her search for respectability her fortunes
fluctuate wildly, and the story assumes the proportions of a Greek
tragedy. It explores Tess's relationships with two very different
men, her struggle against the social mores of the rural Victorian
world which she inhabits and the hypocrisy of the age. In
addressing the double standards of the time, Hardy's masterly
evocation of a world which we have lost, provides one of the most
compelling stories in the canon of English literature, whose appeal
today defies the judgement of Hardy's contemporary critics.
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