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lxviii, 517 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
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Originally published : 1891
General editor's preface -- Chronology : Hardy's life and works -- Map : The Wessex of the novels -- Bibliographical note -- Introduction -- Further reading -- A history of the text -- Tess of the D'Urbervilles -- Appendix I: Prefaces to the fifth and later editions -- Appendix II: The landscapes of Tess of the D'Urbervilles -- Appendix III: The Graphic illustrations -- Appendix IV: A poem relating to Tess -- Appendix V: 'Saturday night in Arcady', 'The Chaseborough dance' and 'The midnight baptism' -- Glossary
A ne'er-do-well exploits his gentle daughter's beauty for social advancement in this masterpiece of tragic fiction. Hardy's 1891 novel defied convention to focus on the rural lower class for a frank treatment of sexuality and religion. Then and now, his sympathetic portrait of a victim of Victorian hypocrisy offers compelling reading
Includes updated Further reading
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