Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Series: The Modern library of the world's best books, 72
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: 1919
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 457
Description: 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. Then and now, his sympathetic portrait of a victim of Victorian hypocrisy offers compelling reading.