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Tess of the D´Urbervilles
Thomas Hardy
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Description for Tess of the D´Urbervilles
Paperback. 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, but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent in hope of a peaceful future. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 336.
The Penguin English Library Edition of Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
"I would be content, ay, glad, to live with you as your servant, if I may not as your wife; so that I could only be near you, and get glimpses of you, and think of you as mine ... I long for only one thing in heaven or earth or under the earth, to meet you, my own dear! Come to me - come to me, and save me from what threatens me!"
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Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
The Penguin English Library
Condition
New
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141199948
SKU
V9780141199948
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Ref
99-98
About Thomas Hardy
Formerly a prize-winning architectural student, Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) went on to become a prolific novelist and poet. Tess of the D'Urbervilles, set in the 'partly real, partly dream-country' of Wessex, was at first refused publication and then published in censored form, shocking readers in the challenge it posed to social and sexual mores. Hardy's novels Under the Greenwood Tree, ... Read more
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