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372 pages • first pub 1891 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781617201486
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: SMK Books
Publication date: 26 April 2011
Readers drawn to tragic, socially critical narratives that explore complex moral dilemmas and the resilience of a compelling, flawed protagonist against a backdrop of pastoral beauty and societal injustice would find this novel profoundly moving.
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The novel is set in impoverished rural Wessex during the Long Depression. Tess is the oldest child of John and Joan Durbeyfield, uneducated rural peasants. One day, Parson Tringham informs John that he has noble blood. Tringham, an amateur genealo...
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372 pages • first pub 1891 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781617201486
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: SMK Books
Publication date: 26 April 2011
Readers drawn to tragic, socially critical narratives that explore complex moral dilemmas and the resilience of a compelling, flawed protagonist against a backdrop of pastoral beauty and societal injustice would find this novel profoundly moving.
Description
The novel is set in impoverished rural Wessex during the Long Depression. Tess is the oldest child of John and Joan Durbeyfield, uneducated rural peasants. One day, Parson Tringham informs John that he has noble blood. Tringham, an amateur genealo...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings