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Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
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This classic novel is ideal for readers interested in Victorian literature and profound tragedies. It will particularly appeal to those who appreciate beautifully crafted editions and the exploration of social issues through deeply emotional storytelling.
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Thomas Hardy's beautiful story of rural tragedy, set in the fictional county of Wessex.
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Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy tells the poignant story of Tess Durbeyfield, a young woman whose father sends her to work for the wealthy D'Urberville family in hopes of alleviating their poverty and securing her a marriage to the manipulative Alec D'Urberville. Alec's terrible assault on Tess and the subsequent child form the core of her tragic life, as her family, love, and future are stripped away by the oppressive mores of Victorian society.
An unforgettably powerful tragedy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles is one of the great classics of the late nineteenth century.
The edition features illustrations by Sir Hubert von Herkomer and Joseph Syddall, and includes an afterword by Philip Mallett, editor of the Thomas Hardy Journal.
Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much-loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.
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ISBN: 9781509857456
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 03 May 2018
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Macmillan Collector's Library
Contributors:
- Introduction by Phillip Mallett
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 30.0mm
Width: 104.0mm
Height: 158.0mm
Weight: 302g
Pages: 592
About the Author
Thomas Hardy was born in Dorset in 1840. His first published novel was Desperate Remedies in 1871. Such was the success of these early works, which included A Pair of Blue Eyes (1873) and Far From the Madding Crowd (1874), that he gave up his work as an architect to concentrate on his writing. However, he had difficulty publishing Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1889) and was forced to make changes in order for it to be judged suitable for family readers. This, coupled with the stormy reaction to the negative tone of Jude the Obscure (1895), prompted Hardy to abandon writing novels altogether and he concentrated on poetry for the rest of his life. He died in January 1928.
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