Tess of the D'Urbervilles

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Author: Thomas HardyModern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)Published on 6 November 2008 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Penguin Cl othbound Classics' series.Hardback | 592 pages203 x 137 x 47mm | 742gPart 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. Show more