Tess Of The Durbervilles - Wordsworth Classics

Product Description

Details:
Set in Hardy’s Wessex, Tess of the d’ Urbervilles 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 d’ Urberville. 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 struggles 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.

Ideal for:
This would be a great book for all fans of classic fiction.

This paperback book has 360 pages & measures: 19.6 x 12.6 x 2cm.