Introduction and Notes by Michael Irwin, Professor of English Literature, University of Kent at Canterbury. Set in Hardy's Wessex, Tess is a moving novel of hypocrisy and double standards. Its challenging sub-title, A Pure Woman, infuriated critics when the book was first published in 1891, and it was condemned as immoral and pessimistic. It tells of Tess Durbeyfield, the daughter of a poor and dissipated villager, who learns that she may be descended from the ancient family of d'Urbeville. In her search for respectability her fortunes fluctuate wildly, and the story assumes the proportions Tess of the d'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy od authora Thomas Hardy a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
| Autor |
Thomas Hardy |
| Jazyk |
anglický |
| Počet stran |
432 |
| Rok vydání |
2022 |
| Žánr |
beletrie |
| Nakladatelství |
Wordsworth |
