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Tess of the d'Urbervilles

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A ne'er-do-well exploits his gentle daughter's beauty for social advancement in this masterpiece of tragic fiction. Hardy's 1891 novel defied convention to focus on the rural lower class for a frank treatment of sexuality and religion. Then and now, his sympathetic portrait of a victim of Victorian hypocrisy offers compelling reading.

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Idioma
Inglés
Publicado en
2008
Formato
Tapa blanda
Páginas
443
ISBN10
0199537054
ISBN13
9780199537051
Serie
Primera publicación
1891
Título original
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Calificación
3,75 de 5
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A ne'er-do-well exploits his gentle daughter's beauty for social advancement in this masterpiece of tragic fiction. Hardy's 1891 novel defied convention to focus on the rural lower class for a frank treatment of sexuality and religion. Then and now, his sympathetic portrait of a victim of Victorian hypocrisy offers compelling reading.