 |
|
|
Item Details
| Title:
|
TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES
|
| By: |
Thomas Hardy, Michael Irwin, Dr. Keith Carabine |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
|
£3.99 |
| Our price: |
£2.91 |
| Discount: |
|
| You save:
|
£1.08 |
|
|
|
|
|
| ISBN 10: |
1853260053 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781853260056 |
| Availability: |
Usually dispatched within 1-2 days.
 Delivery
rates
|
| Stock: |
Currently 130 available |
| Publisher: |
WORDSWORTH EDITIONS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
5 May, 1992 |
| Series: |
Wordsworth Classics |
| Pages: |
384 |
| Description: |
A novel of hypocrisy and double standards. 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 of a Greek tragedy. |
| Synopsis: |
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 of a Greek tragedy. It explores Tess's relationships with two very different men, her struggle against the social mores of the rural Victorian world which she inhabits and the hypocrisy of the age.In addressing the double standards of the time, Hardy's masterly evocation of a world which we have lost, provides one of the most compelling stories in the canon of English literature, whose appeal today defies the judgement of Hardy's contemporary critics. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Wordsworth Editions Ltd |
| Prizes: |
Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003
Short-listed for BBC Big Read Top 100 2003 |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
Little Worried Caterpillar (PB)
Little Green knows she''s about to make a big change - transformingfrom a caterpillar into a beautiful butterfly. Everyone is VERYexcited! But Little Green is VERY worried. What if being a butterflyisn''t as brilliant as everyone says?Join Little Green as she finds her own path ... with just a littlehelp from her friends.
|
|
All the Things We Carry PB
What can you carry?A pebble? A teddy? A bright red balloon? A painting you''ve made?A hope or a dream?This gorgeous, reassuring picture book celebrates all the preciousthings we can carry, from toys and treasures to love and hope. With comforting rhymes and fabulous illustrations, this is a warmhug of a picture book.
|
|
|
|