Description
Tess, the eldest daughter of a poor carter in Marlott, goes to work for the rich d'Uberville family, where she becomes pregnant with the child of Alec, the d'Uberville's son. This action makes her a fallen woman and leads to tragedy. Tess of the d'Urbervilles got mixed reception when it was published because it portrayed Tess sympathetically and challenged the prevailing sexual mores. A copy was burnt by the Bishop of Wakefield. Thomas Hardy was an English novelist, short-story writer and poet. He destroyed the manuscript of his first, unplaced novel, but -- encouraged by mentor and friend George Meredith -- tried again. His important work took place in an area of southern England he called Wessex, named after the English kingdom that existed before the Norman Conquest.
Author: Thomas Hardy
Publisher: Aegypan
Published: 08/01/2007
Pages: 364
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.48lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d
ISBN13: 9781603127691
ISBN10: 1603127690
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Classics
- Fiction | Historical | General
- Fiction | Literary