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Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Thomas Hardy, Tim Dolin, Margaret Higonnet

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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. A very different man, Angel Clare, seems to offer her love and salvation, but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent.

Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and 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 and 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 and 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 and powerful criticism of social convention, Tess of the D'Urbervilles is one of the most moving and poetic of Hardy's novels.

Format:
Hardback
Pages:
592
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN:
9780141040332
Published Date:
6/11/2008
Dimensions:
205mm x 138mm x 48mm
Weight:
743g
Category:
Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

RRP: £14.99

Format: Hardback

ISBN: 9780141040332


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