Skip to content

Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Tess of the d'Urbervilles Compact disc - 2017

by Thomas Hardy; Read by Jilly Bond

Hardy's classic novel about class, love, and Victorian morality masterfully questions social conventions.


About this book

Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman, was first published as a censored and serialized version in the British illustrated newspaper, The Graphic in 1891. An intimate portrait of a woman, one of literature's most admirable and tragic heroines...Tess Durbeyfield knows what it is to work hard and expect little. But her life is about to veer from the path trod by her mother and grandmother. When her ne'er-do-well father learns that his family is the last of a long noble line, the d'Urbervilles, he sends Tess on a journey to meet her supposed kin—a journey that will see her victimized by lust, poverty, and hypocrisy. Shaped by an acute sense of social injustice and by a vision of human fate cosmic in scope, her story is a singular blending of harsh realism and poignant beauty. Thomas Hardy created in Tess not a standard Victorian heroine but a woman whose intense vitality shines against the bleak backdrop of a dying way of life. The novel shocked contemporary readers with its honesty and remains a timeless commentary on the human condition. -

From the publisher

Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles received mixed reviews upon its publication in 1891-1892 for its frank discussion of female sexuality and the hypocrisy of Victorian morality. Set in Wessex (a fictional part of southwestern England that is the setting for many of Hardy's novels), Tess Durbeyfield is the impoverished eldest daughter of uneducated peasants. Throughout the story she navigates a world of desire and romance made complicated by her social status. Considered by some to be his Masterpiece, Hardy's themes and imagery describe the corrosive effect of industrialization on the natural world and especially poor country folk.

First Edition Identification

First published in 1891 by James R Osgood, McIlvaine & Co, London, in three volumes. Publisher's original sand-colored cloth with vertical linear designs of honeysuckle blossom on the upper covers, gilt decorations and lettering designed by Charles Ricketts. 

Details

  • Title Tess of the d'Urbervilles
  • Author Thomas Hardy; Read by Jilly Bond
  • Binding Compact Disc
  • Edition Unabridged
  • Volumes 13
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Dreamscape Media
  • Date 2017
  • ISBN 9781520085814 / 1520085818
  • Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
  • Dimensions 5.4 x 6.5 x 1.1 in (13.72 x 16.51 x 2.79 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
Back to Top

More Copies for Sale

Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

  • New
Condition
New
ISBN 13
9781520085814
ISBN 10
1520085818
Quantity Available
800
Seller
Fairfax Station, Virginia, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 2 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$27.36
$3.99 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
New.
Item Price
$27.36
$3.99 shipping to USA
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

  • Used
Condition
Like New
ISBN 13
9781520085814
ISBN 10
1520085818
Quantity Available
800
Seller
Fairfax Station, Virginia, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 2 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$31.57
$3.99 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Like New.
Item Price
$31.57
$3.99 shipping to USA