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Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Tess of the D'Urbervilles( )
Author: Hardy, Thomas
ISBN:978-1-4270-4657-4
Publication Date:Mar 2009
Publisher:ReadHowYouWant.com, Limited
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $23.99USD $51.99
Book Description:

Harper's wrote that ""There is more real poetry in Tess of the d'Urbervilles alone than in hundreds of more pretentiously poetical volumes."" Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891) is a tragic story that illustrates the cruelty of fate and comments on the injustice of the modern world. Tess and Angel each must deal with the fact that the other has a sexual past.

Book Details
Pages:708
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / General
Author Biography
Hardy, Thomas (Author)
Thomas Hardy was born on June 2, 1840, in Higher Bockhampton, England. The eldest child of Thomas and Jemima, Hardy studied Latin, French, and architecture in school. He also became an avid reader.

Upon graduation, Hardy traveled to London to work as an architect's assistant under the guidance of Arthur Bloomfield. He also began writing poetry. How I Built Myself a House, Hardy's first professional article, was published in 1865. Two years later, while still working in the architecture field, Hardy wrote the unpublished novel The Poor Man and the Lady. During the next five years, Hardy penned Desperate Remedies, Under the Greenwood Tree, and A Pair of Blue Eyes. In 1873, Hardy decided it was time to relinquish his architecture career and concentrate on writing full-time.

In September 1874, his first book as a full-time author, Far from the Madding Crowd, appeared serially. After publishing more than two dozen novels, one of the last being Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Hardy returned to writing poetry--his first love. Hardy's volumes of poetry include Poems of the Past and Present, The Dynasts: Part One, Two, and Three, Time's Laughingstocks, and The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall.

From 1885 until his death, Hardy lived in Dorchester, England. His house, Max Gate, was designed by Hardy, who also supervised its construction. Hardy died on January 11, 1928. His ashes are buried in Poet's Corner at Westminster Abbey.

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