Tess of the Dubervilles by Thomas Hardy

Independently published, 2019. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

The Modern Library. Good. 1979. Hardcover. A Pure Woman .

MP3 Audio CD. Thomas Hardy, the great, reluctant writer during Victorian England, wove tales of common people struggling in a harsh society fixated on a pretense of morality and uptight social conventions. Tess of the d?Ubervilles, certainly his most famous and possibly his greatest novel, stirred quite a bit of controversy after its initial publication. Hardy wrote about the injustices and blatant hypocrisy that rose out of Victorian English society, and was especially sympathetic of the plight of poor women who were dominated not only by men, but by an unfair moral and legal system.Tess of the d?Ubervilles is set in rural England. Tess Durbeyfield is a poor maiden in England at a time where social status meant everything. Her father, a peddler, finds out he is related to a noble family, the d?Ubervilles. Hoping to secure his daughter?s future and fortune, he sends her off to live and work for the d?Ubervilles. What Mr. Durbeyfield does not realize is that while his family is indeed of an… Read More

Paperback / softback. New. Controversial when it was first published for challenging Victorian morals, Tess of the d'Urbervilles is here presented in a thoroughly edited and extensively annotated edition.

London: Heron Books, 1970. Hardcover. Near Fine. Robert Bates. 8vo, 5 x 8, 508 pages, illustrated Attractive bottle green faux leather with substantial gilt decoration to spine and front cover. Ribbon Marker.

Debojiade, 1991. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. hardback, octavo, Chinese language edition of Hardy's novel, a very good tightly bound copy, clean and unmarked, inscribed by the children of the translator to the well respected authority on Hardy, James Gibson at the 11th International Hardy Conference, 577pp.

The Folio Society, 1997. Hardcover. Good. 1997. Eleventh Printing. 418 pages. No dust jacket, Folio edition with slipcase. Purple cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white wood engravings. Slipcase. Pages are bright and clear with no visible markings. Binding throughout remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Minor sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Slipcase has light edge wear with minor markings to panels.

Independently published, 2019. Paperback. New. 342 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.78 inches.

Heritage Press, 1956 in very good slipcase, intro by Robert Cantwell, woodcuts by Agnes Miller Parker Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Hardcover. Good.

New York: Modern Library. 1951. Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good - dust jacket. Owner's name FEP. Jacket lightly soiled, with a 2" tear at the spine with a few small tears at the edges and corners. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .