Tess of the d'Urbervilles : a pure woman / Thomas Hardy ; introduced by A. Alvarez and edited by David Skilton.

By:

Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928

Material type:

TextPublication details: Harmondsworth, Middlesex : Penguin Books, 1978.Description: 534 p. ; 18 cmISBN:

9788171674374
9780140431353

Subject(s):

English literature

DDC classification:

823/.8

LOC classification:

PR4748 .A1 1978

Other classification:

18.05

Summary: Tess struggles to overcome poverty and ignorance, but is no match for the wiles of various men, who use her and then condemn her. She is a classic tragic hero, good of heart but damned by society.

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"Short bibliography of criticism": p. 23.

Tess struggles to overcome poverty and ignorance, but is no match for the wiles of various men, who use her and then condemn her. She is a classic tragic hero, good of heart but damned by society.

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