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 less Durbeyfield, the daughter of a poor and dissipated villager, who learns that she may be descended from the ancient family of d`Urberville. In her search for respectability her fortunes fluctuate wildly, and the story assumes the proportions of a Greek tragedy. It explores Toss`s relationships with two very different men, her struggles 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,...
ISBN: 1-85326-005-3
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: июль 2002
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...
ISBN: 9781840228298
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2023
In defying convention and making a milkmaid the subject of tragedy, Hardy gave rein to his feeling for landscape and rural life - its harshness, seasonal rhythms and reminders of death and resurrection - and endows them with a brooding symbolism and visionary beauty.
ISBN: 978-0-14-119797-5
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
When Tess Durbeyfield is sent by her family to seek out her rich relatives, she soon finds herself pursued and violently seduced by the ruthless Alex D`Urberville. The sad event which follows gives Tess the chance to hide her past and move on. Eventually she falls in love and finds happiness with Angel Clare, a clergyman`s son. But Tess`s honest nature means she is doomed to never escape her past as events force her to finally take control of her fate.
ISBN: 978-0-230-03532-4
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Томас Харди - крупнейший английский писатель и поэт поздневикторианской эпохи. "Тэсс из рода д'Эрбервиллей" - один из самых известных романов автора, который до сих пор влюбляет в себя читателей по всему миру. Нищая представительница древнего рыцарского рода обречена быть содержанкой, но готова бросить дерзкий вызов судьбе. Сумеет ли главная героиня сохранить искренность и любовь в своём сердце?.....
ISBN: 978-5-521-05155-7
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июнь 2017
