Hardy, Thomas
Tess of the D'Urbervilles - London Harper Press 2010 - 500p. - Collins Classics .
Challenging the hypocrisy and social conventions of the rural Victorian world, Tess of the D'Urbervilles follows the story of Tess Durbeyfield as she attempts to escape the poverty of her background, seeking wealth by claiming connection with the aristocratic D'Urbervilles family. It is through Tess's relationships with two very different men that Hardy tells the story of his tragic heroine, and exposes the double standards of the world that she inhabits with searing pathos and heart-rending sentiment.
9780007350919
English fiction
England--Wessex
Women murderers
Poor families
Man-woman relationships
Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
Children of the rich
Children of clergy
Women household employees
823.8 / HAR/T
Tess of the D'Urbervilles - London Harper Press 2010 - 500p. - Collins Classics .
Challenging the hypocrisy and social conventions of the rural Victorian world, Tess of the D'Urbervilles follows the story of Tess Durbeyfield as she attempts to escape the poverty of her background, seeking wealth by claiming connection with the aristocratic D'Urbervilles family. It is through Tess's relationships with two very different men that Hardy tells the story of his tragic heroine, and exposes the double standards of the world that she inhabits with searing pathos and heart-rending sentiment.
9780007350919
English fiction
England--Wessex
Women murderers
Poor families
Man-woman relationships
Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
Children of the rich
Children of clergy
Women household employees
823.8 / HAR/T