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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50937105 Title: Tess of the D'Urbervilles Author: Thomas Hardy; Tim Dolin Publisher: London, England ; New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, [2003] ISBN/ISSN: 0141439599 9780141439594 OCLC:50937105

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Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Author:	Thomas Hardy; Tim Dolin
Publisher:	London, England ; New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, [2003]
Series:	Penguin classics.
Edition/Format:	Print book : Fiction : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	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.
Rating:	based on 1 rating(s) 0 with reviews - Be the first.
Subjects	Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction. Man-woman relationships -- Fiction. Children of the rich -- Fiction. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Fiction Didactic fiction Pastoral fiction
Material Type:	Fiction
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Thomas Hardy; Tim Dolin Find more information about:
ISBN:	0141439599 9780141439594
OCLC Number:	50937105
Notes:	First published: 1891. Includes updated Further reading.
Awards:	Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003 Short-listed for BBC Big Read Top 100 2003
Description:	lxviii, 517 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Contents:	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.
Series Title:	Penguin classics.
Responsibility:	Thomas Hardy ; edited with notes by Tim Dolin ; with an introduction by Margaret R. Higonnet.
More information:	Contributor biographical information Publisher description

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When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune, meeting her 'cousin' Alec proves to be her downfall. Read more...

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"[Tess of the D'Urbervilles is] Hardy's finest, most complex and most notorious novel . . . The novel is not a mere plea for compassion for the eternal victim, though that is the banner it flies. It Read more...

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