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Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy ; introduction by Robert B. Heilman

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Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy ; introduction by Robert B. Heilman
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [433]-438)
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no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
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Oclc number
276679398
Responsibility statement
Thomas Hardy ; introduction by Robert B. Heilman
Series statement
Bantam classic
Summary
Etched against the background of a dying rural society, Tess of the d'Urbervilles was Thomas Hardy's "bestseller," and Tess Durbeyfield remains his most striking and tragic heroine. Of all the characters he created, she meant the most to him. Hopelessly torn between two men--Alec d'Urberville, a wealthy, dissolute young man who seduces her in a lonely wood, and Angel Clare, her provincial, moralistic, and unforgiving husband--Tess escapes from her vise of passion through a horrible, desperate act
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