Editions

  • Home
  • Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Tess of the D'Urbervilles

  • Imprint: Vintage Classics

  • ISBN: 9780099560692

  • Length: 480  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 30mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 379g

  • RRP: £5.99

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Tess is an innocent young girl until the day she goes to visit her rich 'relatives', the D'Urbervilles. Her encounter with her manipulative cousin, Alec, leads her onto a path that is beset with suffering and betrayal. When she falls in love with another man, Angel Clare, Tess sees a potential escape from her past, but only if she can tell him her shameful secret...

'Gloriously physical, full of passion and irony, humour and tenderness' Anne Michaels

  • Imprint: Vintage Classics

  • ISBN: 9780099560692

  • Length: 480  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 30mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 379g

  • RRP: £5.99

Reviews

  • "Thomas Hardy's thrilling story of seduction, murder, cruelty and betrayal"

    The Times

More from this Author

View all View all
View all View all

About the Author

Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy was born in Dorset in 1840 and became an apprentice architect at the age of sixteen. He spent his twenties in London, where he wrote his first poems. In 1867 Hardy returned to his native Dorset, whose rugged landscape was a great source of inspiration for his writing. Between 1871 and 1897 he wrote fourteen novels, including Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure. This final work was received savagely; thereafter Hardy turned away from novels and spent the last thirty year of his life focusing on poetry. He died in 1928.

Thomas Hardy

Related articles

/content/dam/prh/articles/adults/2019/may/Vintage-reading-list-hardy-apc.jpg

Recommendations

5 of the best Thomas Hardy books
/content/dam/prh/articles/adults/2018/september/Penguin_UGCReadingList_ArticleCard.png

Recommendations

100 must-read classic books, as chosen by our readers

We use cookies on this site and by continuing to browse it you agree to us sending you cookies.

For more on our cookies and changing your settings click here.