Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Subtitle: a pure woman
By: faithfully presented by Thomas Hardy
Publisher: Harper
Published: 1920
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 507
Subjects: Young women; Fiction; Murder; Rape; Social life and customs
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.
Notes: "The main portion of the...story appeared--with slight modifications--in the Graphic...Harper's bazar...the Fortnightly review and the National observer, as episodic sketches."--Explanatory note, p. [viii]