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Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

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Tess of the D'Urbervilles

by Thomas Hardy

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UK: Osgood Mcilvaine, 1896. First Edition Thus . Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. H Macbeth-Raeburn. New Edition 1896. 2nd Imp of this new edition by Osgood of the Works of Thomas Hardy and complete in it's own right. Etching by H Macbeth-Raeburn, with tissue guard to title page and a map of Wessex. With a new preface written by the author for this edition. Book is very good and bright. Edges lightly rubbed in places. Spine tips slightly pushed. Light marking to cloth. Contents good. Page edges a bit dusty. Pages a little age toned. Gutters cracked and lightly repaired. Quite a good example. More images can be taken upon request. Ref16512

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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. -

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Bookseller
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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Author
Thomas Hardy
Illustrator
H Macbeth-Raeburn
Format/Binding
Cloth
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition Thus
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Osgood Mcilvaine
Place of Publication
UK
Date Published
1896
Size
8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Weight
0.00 lbs

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