Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy [Unabridged Edition]

by Thomas Hardy

Overview

"Tess" is an exemplification of all the horrors of malignant destiny. By nature its heroine is incarnate goodness: every fibre of her being is pure; and yet, under the stress of circumstances, the compulsion of force and the beguilement of fraud, partly through ignorance, partly through delirium and desperation, she is harassed, degraded, despoiled, plunged into misery, goaded to the insane commission of homicide, and finally is hanged for murder.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014144599
Publisher:	Halcyon Press Ltd.
Publication date:	03/28/2012
Series:	Halcyon Classics , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was a prominent English author of the Victorian period. Although he considered himself to be primarily a poet, Hardy's greatest literary and financial successes were achieved through his novels. He penned nearly two dozen novels, several compilations of poems, and dozens of short stories.

Date of Birth:

June 2, 1840

Date of Death:

January 11, 1928

Place of Birth:

Higher Brockhampon, Dorset, England

Place of Death:

Max Gate, Dorchester, England

Education:

Served as apprentice to architect James Hicks