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Tess of the d'Urbervilles - British Heritage Database Edition with Study Materials

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Set in the heart of Hardy's Wessex, Tess of the d’Urbervilles remains one of the most popular 19th century novels. It tells the timeless tale of the maiden who goes to the wood and comes back a maiden no more; but it is also an historically specific re-telling of that narrative which acts as a savage indictment of the hypocrisy of Victorian social values. In his chapter-by-chapter commentary, Dr Andrew Cooper shows how Hardy’s firsthand knowledge of the rigours of rural labour, particularly for women, and his skill as a writer of descriptive and imaginative prose, make his attack upon the prejudices of gender and class as compelling to read today as when it first appeared in 1891. Based on the final (1927) reprint in Hardy’s lifetime of the 1912 Wessex edition, with summary, critical commentary, bibliography and hyperlinked explanatory notes.

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Publisher: Cultural Resources

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  • ISBN: 1903807484
  • Release date: November 13, 2002

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  • ISBN: 1903807484
  • File size: 4188 KB
  • Release date: November 13, 2002

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Set in the heart of Hardy's Wessex, Tess of the d’Urbervilles remains one of the most popular 19th century novels. It tells the timeless tale of the maiden who goes to the wood and comes back a maiden no more; but it is also an historically specific re-telling of that narrative which acts as a savage indictment of the hypocrisy of Victorian social values. In his chapter-by-chapter commentary, Dr Andrew Cooper shows how Hardy’s firsthand knowledge of the rigours of rural labour, particularly for women, and his skill as a writer of descriptive and imaginative prose, make his attack upon the prejudices of gender and class as compelling to read today as when it first appeared in 1891. Based on the final (1927) reprint in Hardy’s lifetime of the 1912 Wessex edition, with summary, critical commentary, bibliography and hyperlinked explanatory notes.

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