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Penguin Clothbound Classics Ser.: Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy (2009, Hardcover)

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.

Lc Classification Number
Pr4748
Notes by
Dolin, Tim
Grade from
Twelfth Grade
Grade to
Up
Reviews
"[ 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 also involves a profound questioning of contemporary morality." from the Introduction by Patricia Ingham
Illustrated by
Bickford-Smith, Coralie
Copyright Date
2009
Dewey Decimal
823/.8
Intended Audience
Trade
Series
Penguin Clothbound Classics Ser.
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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