Book: Hardcover | 129 x 198mm | 592 pages | ISBN 9780141040332 | 26 Oct 2010 | Penguin Classics | 18 - AND UP
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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