Tess of the D'Urbervilles- Hardcover
By: Thomas Hardy;
Language: English
Quality: Like New
Genre: Classics, Historical fiction, Novel,
ISBN: 9781787557949
SKU: BE501290905454
Pages: 576
Description: The FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CLASSICS are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library. Each stunning edition features deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary terms produced for the modern reader. Widely considered to be Thomas Hardy's greatest work, Tess of the d'Urbervilleswas first published in serialised form in 1891 and then published as a single volume one year later in 1892. During this time, it received mixed reviews from critics who believed it to be immoral. It is now loved worldwide and has been adapted into plays, operas and many different films and television programmes. The story of Tess Durbeyfield and her search for fortune is a moving look into a Victorian world that we have left behind, and still stands as a gripping story for contemporary readers.