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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.
 

Tess of the dUrbervilles

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      Publisher: Random House USA Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 03/03/2015
      ISBN13: 9780345803986, 978-0345803986
      ISBN10: 0345803981
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      Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Books by Thomas Hardy

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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.
       

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