Tess of the d'Urbervilles

By Thomas Hardy

Categories: Literature & Fiction

Thomas Hardy's tragic novel of Tess Durbeyfield, a young woman from rural Wessex whose life is shaped by a wealthy man's cruelty and a rigid moral code.

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• Stephen King: “When I read Tess of the d'Urbervilles, I said to myself two things. ... That was my introduction to women's lit. I loved that book, so I read a whole bunch of Hardy.”