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Libri antichi e moderni

Thomas Hardy

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Wordsworth Editions, 1992

5,00 €

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(Ortona, Italia)

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Anno di pubblicazione
1992
ISBN
9781853260056
Autore
Thomas Hardy
Pagine
446
Volumi
1
Editori
Wordsworth Editions
Soggetto
Fiction
Sovracoperta
No
Stato di conservazione
Nuovo
Lingue
Inglese
Copia autografata
No
Condizioni
Nuovo
Prima edizione
No

Descrizione

Introduction and Notes by Michael Irwin, Professor of English Literature, University of Kent at Canterbury. Set in Hardy's Wessex, Tess is a moving novel of hypocrisy and double standards. Its challenging sub-title, A Pure Woman, infuriated critics when the book was first published in 1891, and it was condemned as immoral and pessimistic. It tells of Tess Durbeyfield, the daughter of a poor and dissipated villager, who learns that she may be descended from the ancient family of d'Urbeville. In her search for respectability her fortunes fluctuate wildly, and the story assumes the proportions of a Greek tragedy. It explores Tess's relationships with two very different men, her struggle against the social mores of the rural Victorian world which she inhabits and the hypocrisy of the age. In addressing the double standards of the time, Hardy's masterly evocation of a world which we have lost, provides one of the most compelling stories in the canon of English literature, whose appeal today defies the judgement of Hardy's contemporary critics.
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