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Set in the magical Wessex landscape so familiar from Thomas 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. (Book Jacket Status: Not Jacketed)Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100679405860
ISBN-139780679405863
eBay Product ID (ePID)127489098
Product Key Features
Book TitleTess of the D'urbervilles : Introduction by Patricia Ingham
TopicClassics, Literary, Romance / Historical / Victorian, Historical
Publication Year1991
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction
AuthorThomas Hardy
Book SeriesEveryman's Library Classics Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1in
Item Length8.4in
Item Width5.4in
Item Weight19.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
LCCN91-052998
Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"[ Tess of the D'Urbervilles is] Hardy's finest, most complex and most notorious novel . . . The novel is not a mere plea for compassion for the eternal victim, though that is the banner it flies. It also involves a profound questioning of contemporary morality." from the Introduction by Patricia Ingham, "[Tess of the D'Urbervillesis] Hardy's finest, most complex and most notorious novel . . . The novel is not a mere plea for compassion for the eternal victim, though that is the banner it flies. It also involves a profound questioning of contemporary morality." from the Introduction by Patricia Ingham
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal823/.8
Lc Classification NumberPr4748 .A2 1991
Number of Pages522 Pages