Please note this is a region 2 DVD & region B Blu-ray It will require a region B Blu-ray player to play the Blu-ray & DVD or a Region 2 DVD player for the DVD superb restoration of Roman Polanski&s acclaimed 1979 adaptation of Thomas Hardy&s classic Tess of the d& Urbervilles This is the first time that Tess has been available in High Definition anywhere in the world Nastassia Kinski stars as Tess a strong-willed working class girl who discovers that she has title connections by way of her old aristocratic surname & who is raped by her wealthy cousin whose right to the family title may not be as strong as he claims Filmed in Brittany this multi-award-winning epic was the most expensive French film of its time & features at its heart an unforgettable career-defining performance by 17-year-old Kinski Actors Nastassja Kinski John Collin Tony Church & Peter Firth Director Roman Polanski Certificate PGYear 1979 Languages English Subtitles English for the hearing impaired Duration 3 hours (approx) ...

Harper Collins is pround to present its new range of best-loved essential classics' My life looks as if it had been wasted for want of chances! When I see what you know what you have read & seen & thought I feel what a nothing I am!' Challenging the hypocrisy & 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' Urberville family It is through Tess's relationships with two very different men that Hardy tells the story of his tragic heroine & exposes the double standards of the world that she inhabits with searing pathos & heart-rending sentiment ...

Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith these delectable & collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D' Urbervilles & seek a portion of their family fortune meeting her 'cousin' Alec proves to be her downfall A very different man Angel Clare seems to offer her love & salvation but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent in the hope of a peaceful future With its sensitive depiction of the wronged Tess & powerful criticism of social convention Tess of the D' Urbervilles is one of the most moving & poetic of Hardy's novels ...

Introduction & Notes by Michael Irwin Professor of English Literature University of Kent at Canterbury Set in Hardy's Wessex Tess is a moving novel of hypocrisy & double standards Its challenging sub-title A Pure Woman infuriated critics when the book was first published in 1891 & it was condemned as immoral & pessimistic It tells of Tess Durbeyfield the daughter of a poor & dissipated villager who learns that she may be descended from the ancient family of d' Urbeville In her search for respectability her fortunes fluctuate wildly & the story assumes the proportions of a Greek tragedy It explores Tess's relationships with two very different men her struggle against the social mores of the rural Victorian world which she inhabits & the hypocrisy of the age In addressing the double standards of the time Hardy's masterly evocation of a world which we have lost provides one of the most compelling stories in the canon of English literature whose appeal today defies the judgement of Hardy's contemporary critics ...

A heartaching portrayal of a woman faced by an impossible choice in the pursuit of happiness Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D' Urbervilles is edited with notes by Tim Dolin & an introduction by Margaret R Higonnet in Penguin Classics When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D' Urbervilles & seek a portion of their family fortune meeting her 'cousin' Alec proves to be her downfall A very different man Angel Clare seems to offer her love & salvation but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent in the hope of a peaceful future With its sensitive depiction of the wronged Tess & powerful criticism of social convention Tess of the D' Urbervilles subtitled 'A Pure Woman' is one of the most moving & poetic of Hardy's novels Based on the three-volume first edition that shocked readers when first published in 1891 this edition

Includes:: as appendices Hardy's Prefaces the Landscapes of Tess episodes originally censored from the Graphic periodical version & a selection of the Graphic illustrations Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) born Higher Brockhampton near Dorchester originally trained as an architect before earning his living as a writer Though he saw himself primarily as a poet Hardy was the author of some of the late eighteenth century's major novels The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886) Tess of the D' Urbervilles (1891) Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) & Jude the Obscure (1895) Amidst the controversy caused by Jude the Obscure he turned to the poetry he had been writing all his life In the next thirty years he published over nine hundred poems & his epic drama in verse The Dynasts If you enjoyed Tess of the D' Urbervilles you might like Daniel Defoe's Moll Flanders also available in Penguin Classics' The greatest tragic writer among the English novelists' Virginia Woolf

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Television adaptation of Thomas Hardy&s classic novel set in his fictional county of Wessex Tess (Justine Waddell) is a poor maid who is sent to work for distant relatives following the death of her parents She is pursued & eventually becomes pregnant by Alex D& Urberville (Jason Flemyng) Tess flees & finds work as a milkmaid She falls in love with the handsome Angel Clare (Oliver Milburn) who proposes marriage but tragedy strikes when Tess decides to confess her past to him the night before their wedding ...

Television adaptation of Thomas Hardy&s classic novel set in his fictional county of Wessex Tess (Justine Waddell) is a poor maid who is sent to work for distant relatives following the death of her parents She is pursued & eventually becomes pregnant by Alex D& Urberville (Jason Flemyng) Tess flees & finds work as a milkmaid She falls in love with the handsome Angel Clare (Oliver Milburn) who proposes marriage but tragedy strikes when Tess decides to confess her past to him the night before their wedding ...

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play This lavish adaptation of Thomas Hardy&s literary classic start Gemma Arterton (THE QUANTUM OF SOLACE) in the titular role of Tess the poor peasant girl who becomes a social outcast after she falls pregnant with the child of her rich cousin ...