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Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Penguin Popular Classics) (Paperback)

by Thomas Hardy (Author)
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  • Paperback: 528 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Classics; New Ed edition (25 Jan 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140620206
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140620207
  • Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,171 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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.

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Very moving, 9 Sep 2003
By dvarpala (Wivenhoe, U K) - See all my reviews
"Tess" really deserves it's place as a classic - Hardy writes of her as if she was real to him.
Her whole story is all the sadder for being so believable, the description of everyday life, living conditions, attitudes, etc.
He defies the morality of the time with his empathy with her - whereas today we would nearly all agree with him, back then he was heavily criticised for his sympathetic portrayal.
I found it hard to come to terms with how much I enjoyed this book - despite the fact that it was the first of his I had read, and I wasn't expecting the ending - it was a bit like losing someone that I knew....
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Greatest of Hardy's Novels, 10 Sep 1999
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'Tess' is probably the most famous of Hardy's novels and is undoubtedly one of the best. Hardy focuses on Tess as a 'pure woman' - a sentiment that shocked readers at the time, but is the perfect description in the mind of the modern reader.

The story flows well, and characters are beautifully developed and constructed. Hardy's description of Tess's time at Talbothay's dairy is brilliantly evocative and creates a sense of peace, pleasure and security within the reader.

The characters of Angel Clare and, also, Alec, are wonderfully portrayed, while Tess is an immortal and memorable character. The eventual outcome of events is extremley moving. Tess, herself, is one of the greatest literary characters ever created.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Pure Heart Corrupted, 9 Feb 2003
By Ms. L. M. Smith "turquoise_floyd" (Suffolk, UK) - See all my reviews
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Tess Durbeyfield is not a lucky girl. We meet her as a lively but naïve country girl, untouched by the wanton wiles of mid 19th Century England; but the thoughtless words of a local parson turn her parents thoughts towards riches and status and for this, Tess bears the brunt of their folly at the hands of the unprincipled and reckless Alec D'Urberville. Despite bringing scandal upon her family, she continues to drudge herself through life and meets the kindly and moral Angel Clare, who falls deeply in love with Tess and declares his intention to marry her. But Tess hides a terrible secret, how will Angel take her revelation?

Thomas Hardy evokes rural Wessex with surefooted deftness; and the image of Tess and her fellow village girls dancing together in white dresses on the village green is one that echoed for me, right to the end of the novel, and filtered back to me as I read the final paragraph. Truly an irresistible novel.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Thomas Hardy at his best
I was first introduced to Thomas Hardy at the age of 12 via an extract of this book in a girls' annual. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Surrey Book Worm

4.0 out of 5 stars sad and tragic
I really like Hardy's novels for all the themes they deal with. This book tells of Tess, a womanwho is treated badly by society and cant find a way out of her destiny. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Victoria H. Gillespie

5.0 out of 5 stars A truly pure woman
In this book, Hardy tells us of the tragic story of Tess, a self-sacrificing woman who seemingly cannot escape her destiny or find happiness. Read more
Published on 7 Mar 2007 by Cecilia S. Idiart

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply Wonderful
This has to be one of the best books I've ever read. A tragic tale of Tess Durbeyfield, a young woman of pure spirit wronged by society and forced to live in shame, even though... Read more
Published on 30 Jan 2007 by Misfit

5.0 out of 5 stars If you're an adolescent... or still feel like one...
I have to give Tess five stars because no book I have read before or since has moved me to such a degree. Read more
Published on 26 Oct 2006 by Robert Machin

4.0 out of 5 stars A book with a new meaning every time you read it.
Hardy shows his bleak outlook on life through yet again torchuring his main character. Although, in this novel you can tell he himself loves the character of Tess and it is this... Read more
Published on 29 Jul 2006 by L. Boyes

3.0 out of 5 stars My least favourite Hardy
Judging by previous reviews, Hardy is a writer you either love or hate. Personally, I love his portraits of Dorset and its inhabitants, I love his soap opera plots (although it is... Read more
Published on 30 Mar 2006

5.0 out of 5 stars My favourite in drama, and with reason.
What's more, I'll give you some of them :

A) A point for which the novel has been (and still is) criticised - Hardy leaves out the two essential facts in the book. Read more

Published on 25 May 2004 by Bonzo The goD

2.0 out of 5 stars Don't Bother
I am taking Advanced English this year and to my great misfortune we are studying Hardy's "Tess of the D'Ubervilles". Read more
Published on 6 Feb 2004 by Mrs PA Gowans

5.0 out of 5 stars At Talbothay's Dairy
There really isn't much I can add to what has already been said about this wonderful Thomas Hardy novel. Read more
Published on 21 Dec 2002

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