Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Tess of the d'Urbervilles - Paperback

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Tess of the d'Urbervilles - Paperback

Tess of the d'Urbervilles - Paperback

by Thomas Hardy
$26.00
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Book Overview

by Thomas Hardy (Author)

One of Thomas Hardy's most famous novels is the story of an innocent young woman victimized by the double standards of her day.

Set in the magical Wessex landscape so familiar from Hardy's early work, Tess of the d'Urbervilles is unique among his great novels for the intense feeling that he lavished upon his heroine, Tess, a pure woman betrayed by love. Hardy poured all of his profound empathy for both humanity and the rhythms of natural life into this story of her beauty, goodness, and tragic fate. In so doing, he created a character who, like Emma Bovary and Anna Karenina, has achieved classic stature.

Author Biography

Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was born in Dorset, England, son of a stonemason. Though a gifted student, he was unable to afford to attend university. He was apprenticed to an architect at age sixteen and worked in London for several years before returning to Dorset and dedicating himself to writing novels and poems.

Number of Pages: 480
Dimensions: 1 x 8.3 x 4.8 IN
Publication Date: March 03, 2015
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Interest Level: Upper Grades, 9-12
Reading Level: 9.5
Point Value: 23
ISBN9780345803986
Author Thomas Hardy
PublisherVintage
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedMarch 2015
LanguageENG- English
Pages480
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceTeens & young adults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), whose writing immortalized the semi-fictional Wessex countryside and dramatized his sense of the inevitable tragedy of life, wrote fifteen novels, including The Return of the Native (1878), The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886), Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891), and Jude the Obscure (1895). He is also renowned as one of the greatest poets of his era.

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