Tess of the D'Urbervilles
By Thomas Hardy.
Description
Tess of the d'Urbervilles got a mixed reception when it was published because it portrayed Tess sympathetically and challenged the prevailing sexual mores. A copy was burnt by the Bishop of Wakefield. Thomas Hardy was an English novelist, short-story writer, and poet. He destroyed the manuscript of his first, unplaced novel, but -- encouraged by mentor and friend George Meredith -- tried again. His important work took place in an area of southern England he called Wessex, named after the English kingdom that existed before the Norman Conquest. Tess of the d'Urbervilles, A Pure W...
ISBN(s)
1566191467, 9781566191463
