Tess of the D'Urbervilles

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.

About the author

Thomas Hardy, geb. 1840, ging nach der Architektenlehre nach London und begann neben seiner Arbeit als Kirchenrestaurator zu schreiben. Ab 1871 Veröffentlichungen (Wessex-Romane). Der Autor verstarb 1928; er hinterließ ein umfangreiches Werk - außer Romanen auch fast 1000 Gedichte.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Hardy
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 24.01.2011
• EAN: 9780141197975
• ISBN: 978-0-14-119797-5
• No. of pages: 528
• Dimensions: 115 mm x 183 mm x 35 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Penguin Popular Classics; Penguin Popular Classics
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature