Tess of the d'Urbervilles [electronic resource]
Thomas Hardy2000
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"Etched against the background of a dying rural society, Tess of the
d'Urbervilles was Thomas Hardy's 'bestseller,' and Tess Durbeyfield remains his
most striking and tragic heroine. Of all the characters he created, she meant
the most to him. Hopelessly torn between two men-Alec d'Urberville, a wealthy,
dissolute young man who seduces her in a lonely wood, and Angel Clare, her
provincial, moralistic, and unforgiving husband-Tess escapes from her vise of
passion through a horrible, desperate act.
'Like the greatest characters in literature, Tess lives beyond the final pages
of the book as a permanent citizen of the imagination,' said Irving Howe. 'In
Tess he stakes everything on his sensuous apprehension of a young woman's life,
a girl who is at once a simple milkmaid and an archetype of feminine strength. .
. . Tess is that rare creature in literature: goodness made interesting.'
Now Tess of the d'Urbervilles has been brought to television in a magnificent
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Main title:
Tess of the d'Urbervilles [electronic resource] / Thomas Hardy
Author:
Thomas Hardy, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Modern Library, 2000
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (544)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780679641513
Language:
English
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BRN:
437293
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