Tess of the d'Urbervilles.
Title:
Tess of the d'Urbervilles.
Author:
Hardy, Thomas.
ISBN:
9780191517938
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (573 pages)
Series:
Oxford World's Classics
Contents:
Cover -- Copyright Page -- Title Page -- Contents -- General Editor's Preface -- Map of Hardy's Wessex -- Map of Locations in Tess of the d'Urbervilles -- Introduction -- Note on the Text -- Select Bibliography -- A Chronology of Thomas Hardy -- Phase the First -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- VI -- VII -- VIII -- IX -- X -- XI -- Phase the Second -- XII -- XIII -- XIV -- XV -- Phase the Third -- XVI -- XVII -- XVIII -- XIX -- XX -- XXI -- XXII -- XXIII -- XXIV -- Phase the Fourth -- XXV -- XXVI -- XXVII -- XXVIII -- XXIX -- XXX -- XXXI -- XXXII -- XXXIII -- XXXIV -- Phase the Fifth -- XXXV -- XXXVI -- XXXVII -- XXXVIII -- XXXIX -- XL -- XLI -- XLII -- XLIII -- XLIV -- Phase the Sixth -- XLV -- XLVI -- XLVII -- XLVIII -- XLIX -- L -- LI -- LII -- Phase the Seventh -- LIII -- LIV -- LV -- LVI -- LVII -- LVIII -- LIX -- Explanatory Notes -- Footnotes.
Abstract:
Young Tess Durbeyfield attempts to restore her family's fortunes by claiming their connection with the aristocratic d'Urbervilles. But Alec d'Urberville is a rich wastrel who seduces her and makes her life miserable. When she meets Angel Clare, she is offered true love and happiness, but her past catches up with her and she faces an agonizing moral choice. This unique critical text is taken from the Clarendon edition, based on the manuscript and collated with Hardy's later. revisions. - ;'She looked absolutely pure. Nature, in her fantastic trickery, had set such a seal of maidenhood upon Tess's countenance that he gazed at her with a stupefied air: "Tess- say it is not true! No, it is not true!"'. Young Tess Durbeyfield attempts to restore her family's fortunes by claiming their connection with the aristocratic d'Urbervilles. But Alec d'Urberville is a rich wastrel who seduces her and makes her life miserable. When Tess meets Angel Clare, she is offered true love and happiness, but her past catches up with her and she faces an agonizing moral choice. Hardy's indictment of society's double standards, and his depiction of Tess as 'a pure woman', caused controversy in his day and has held the imagination of readers ever since. Hardy thought it his finest novel, and Tess the most deeply felt character he ever created. This unique critical text is taken from the authoritative Clarendon edition, which is based on the manuscript collated with all Hardy's subsequent revisions. -.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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