Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Thomas Hardy
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When the peasant John Derbyfield discovers his distant relation to the once-noble d’Urberville family, the wheels of fate are irrevocably set in motion for his family. Tess of the d’Urbervilles is the story of what happens to Derbyfield’s daughter, Tess, as the result of this unfortunate discovery. Will Tess master her fate through the undeniable strength of her character, or will she be mastered by it?
Tess’s innocence, purity, suffering, and strength fill the pages of Thomas Hardy’s masterpiece with passionate prose unlike any other novel of its time or since. Readers of Tess of the d’Urbervilles will fall in love with Tess Derbyfield as they experience her life through Thomas Hardy’s careful, poetic words.