Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
	List Price:   $8.00 Unit Price:   $6.40 You Save:   $1.60 (20%) ISBN-10:   0141439599 ISBN-13:   9780141439594 Publisher:   Penguin Group (USA) Inc Series:   Penguin Classics Ser. Category:   Young Adults Pub. Date:   May 2003 Pages:   592 Format:   B-Trade Pbk Ages:   18 to Grades:   12 to
Awards
1998  New York Times Notable Books of the Year  Winner!  2006  American Library Association Notable Books  Winner!  2006  Aventis Prizes for Science Books  Nominee/Honoree  2006  California Book Awards  Nominee/Honoree  2007  Great Lakes Book Awards  Winner!
Subjects
ENGLAND_FICTION BRITISH AND IRISH FICTION (FICTIONAL WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR)
Description/Notes
Cruelly seduced by her relative, the cynical Alec D'Urberville, betrayed by the moral Angel Clare and haunted by her guilt and shame, Tess becomes Hardy's indictment of all the crimes and hyprocrisies of 19th century England. The chance discovery by a young peasant woman that she is a descendant of the noble family of d'Urbervilles is to change the course of her life. Tess Durbeyfield leaves home on the first of her fateful journeys, and meets the ruthless Alec d'Urberville. Thomas Hardy's impassioned story tells of hope and disappointment, rejection and enduring love. Edited with Notes by Tim Dolin and an Introduction by Margaret R. Higonnet 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 with its powerful criticism of social convention, Tess of the D'Urbervilles is one of the most moving and poetic of Hardy's novels. Based on the three-volume first edition that shocked readers when published in 1891, this edition includes as appendices: Hardy's Prefaces, the Landscapes of Tess, episodes originally censored from the Graphic periodical version and a selection of the Graphic illustrations.