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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