TY - BOOK AU - Hardy, Thomas TI - Tess of the D'Urbervilles T2 - Collins Classics SN - 9780007350919 U1 - 823.8 PY - 2010/// CY - London PB - Harper Press KW - English fiction KW - England--Wessex KW - Women murderers KW - Poor families KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Triangles (Interpersonal relations) KW - Children of the rich KW - Children of clergy KW - Women household employees N2 - 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 ER -