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Original Title:	Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Tess Durbeyfield, Alec D'Urberville, Angel Clare
Setting:	United Kingdom

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Thomas Hardy

Paperback | Pages: 518 pages

Rating: 3.8 | 228400 Users | 8228 Reviews

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When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune, meeting her 'cousin' Alec proves to be her downfall. A very different man, Angel Clare, seems to offer her love and salvation, but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent in the hope of a peaceful future.

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Title	:	Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Author	:	Thomas Hardy
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 518 pages
Published	:	January 30th 2003 by Penguin Classics (first published 1891)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Mystery. Crime

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Ratings: 3.8 From 228400 Users | 8228 Reviews

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Damn it, Tess! Stand up for yourself! Ugh.... Is there anything more infuriating than seeing dudes get away with being two-faced assholes towards women and the women accepting it as a matter of course?Certainly Thomas Hardy was writing of a time and place that not only condoned the privilege of condescending white male superiority, it perpetuated it by both sexes accepting it as the standard of the day. More like double standard of the day. What's good for the gander is NOT okay for the goose to

I felt a little like a man reading a very grim book. A Thomas Hardy novel, say. You know how its going to end, but instead of spoiling things, that somehow increases your fascination. Its like watching a kid run his electric train faster and faster and waiting for it to derail on one of the curves.Stephen King, 11/22/63When I was reading Kings 11/22/63 I noted down this line because I was planning to read Tess of the d'Urbervilles soon and from its reputation and the two other Thomas Hardy

This novel is really about timing, it effects us all, meet someone at the wrong time or go north instead of south, your life can end badly. Ordinary events, can change our destiny. Timing is everything... Tess Durbeyfield is born into a poor, rural, southern English family of eight, in the village of Marlott, Wessex. A lazy father, John, with a taste for the bottle, and a mother, Joan, who would rather sing the latest songs, than do the necessary chores, at home. But she grows up a very

The Novel as a "Ball of Light in One's Hand" As one reads Thomas Hardy's 1891 novel, it can be terribly tough to swallow the unremitting victimization of Tess, a poor but "pure" girl from a rural family. Hardy's theme calling on readers' sympathy for the female protagonist, while in many novels would be a glaring weakness, is by novel's end its supreme strength. I cannot think of another novel that comes close to the power and effectiveness in its scathing indictment of men's exploitation of

Did you say the stars were worlds, Tess?""Yes.""All like ours?""I don't know, but I think so. They sometimes seem to be like the apples on our stubbard-tree. Most of them splendid and sound - a few blighted.""Which do we live on - a splendid one or a blighted one?""A blighted one. Tess of the DUrbervilles is the 1896 masterpiece by Thomas Hardy of Tess Durbeyville, her family bloodline long fallen from aristocratic heights. The central themes are critiques of class and blood distinctions and of

Tess of the d'Urbervilles is not a feel-good book, which sharply sets it apart from the other 19th century novels about young women (think Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre, for instance). No, it's sad and depressing to the point where it almost makes me angry. Because poor Tess, prone to making choice that are invariably the worst for her, just cannot catch a break. Because it's like she has majorly pissed off some higher power(s) that be and they are taking revenge, giving her the most rotten

I am quite conflicted by this read.On the one hand, Hardys style is flawless, beautiful as he describes the country side, the dairy, drawing out the vivid landscapes of this story. His delicious bits delight the senses with heart stopping sensitivity. And then there is his Tess our protagonist.poor Tessis so downtrodden, her journey so bleak, hello Holden Caulfield this is PUT UPON. Still Tess is strong and holds close, her own little sparks, nuggets of hope, she tucks them way back,