Tess of the D'Urbervilles / Thomas Hardy.

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A ne'er-do-well exploits his gentle daughter's beauty for social advancement in this masterpiece of tragic fiction. Hardy's 1891 novel defied convention to focus on the rural lower class for a frank treatment of sexuality and religion. Then and now, his sympathetic portrait of a victim of Victorian...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 (Author)
Other Authors:	Phillips, Barye, -1968 or 1969 (illustrator of cover.)
Language:	English
Published:	New York, N.Y. : Pocket Books, Inc., 1952.
Edition:	Cardinal edition.
Series:	John R. Ford Paperback Collection. Cardinal edition ; C-47.
Subjects:	Social classes > Fiction. Triangles (Interpersonal relations) > Fiction. Man-woman relationships > Fiction. Wessex (England) > Fiction. Man-woman relationships. Social classes. Triangles (Interpersonal relations) England > Wessex. Fiction.
Genre:	Fiction.
Local Note:	MSU: Gift of John and Susan Allen Ford. MSU: 1st printing. Front cover illustration by Barye Phillips. MSU: The material is stored offsite in Remote Storage. Please contact Special Collections 3 working days in advance if you wish to use it.
Physical Description:	xii, 430 pages ; 17 cm.
Format:	Book

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