Tess of the d'Urbervilles (SparkNotes Literature Guide) by Thomas Hardy

Tess of the d'Urbervilles (SparkNotes Literature Guide) by Thomas Hardy

Inspired by current cultural movements and the new wave of feminism, these releases of classic books feature strong female protagonists who must navigate difficult situations involving class and power, love and loss, sex and family, independence and societal norms, and more.

From the front flap: When the impoverished Durbeyfield family discover a possible distant--and wealthy--relation, they send out their eldest child in desperate hopes to improve their fortune. Thus begins the story of Tess of the d'Urbervilles and her venture to save her family.

Immediately Tess discovers that hidden beneath her cousin Alec d'Urberville's smile and charm lie more sinister motivations. Yet there is hope and a deep-seeded love found in Angel Clare, a kinder, more gentle man who knows nothing of Tess's past. Yearning for a new life with Angel, Tess must face an impossible choice: to hold onto the dark past forever and stay silent but safe, or confess the evil truths that could threaten any chance at happiness again.

A controversial novel upon publication in 1891 that's now often regarded as one of Thomas Hardy's seminal works, Tess of the d'Urbervilles challenged the social morals and double standards of its time. Today, it is considered a British classic and sometimes appears with the subtitle: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented.

Z Lit Classics revives some of the most beloved works in classic literature in a luxe, eye-catching paperback format to appeal to the Generation Z buyer, though these timeless stories will appeal to anyone interested in the female experience throughout history. Each book also comes with a tearaway bookmark hidden inside the back flap.

Inspired by current cultural movements and the new wave of feminism, these releases of classic books feature strong female protagonists who must navigate difficult situations involving class and power, love and loss, sex and family, independence and societal norms, and more.

From the front flap: When the impoverished Durbeyfield family discover a possible distant--and wealthy--relation, they send out their eldest child in desperate hopes to improve their fortune. Thus begins the story of Tess of the d'Urbervilles and her venture to save her family.

Immediately Tess discovers that hidden beneath her cousin Alec d'Urberville's smile and charm lie more sinister motivations. Yet there is hope and a deep-seeded love found in Angel Clare, a kinder, more gentle man who knows nothing of Tess's past. Yearning for a new life with Angel, Tess must face an impossible choice: to hold onto the dark past forever and stay silent but safe, or confess the evil truths that could threaten any chance at happiness again.

A controversial novel upon publication in 1891 that's now often regarded as one of Thomas Hardy's seminal works, Tess of the d'Urbervilles challenged the social morals and double standards of its time. Today, it is considered a British classic and sometimes appears with the subtitle: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented.

Z Lit Classics revives some of the most beloved works in classic literature in a luxe, eye-catching paperback format to appeal to the Generation Z buyer, though these timeless stories will appeal to anyone interested in the female experience throughout history. Each book also comes with a tearaway bookmark hidden inside the back flap.

Count Lev (Leo) Nikolaevich Tolstoy was born at Vasnaya Polyana in the Russian province of Tula in 1828. He inherited the family title aged 19, quit university and after a period of the kind of dissolute aristocratic life so convincingly portrayed in his later novels, joined the army, where he started to write. Travels in Europe opened him to western ideas, and he returned to his family estates to live as a benign landowner. In 1862 he married Sofia Behr, who bore him 13 children. He expressed his increasingly subversive, but devout, views through prolific work that culminated in the immortal novels of his middle years, War and Peace and Anna Karenina. Beloved in Russia and with a worldwide following, but feared by the Tsarist state and excommunicated by the Russian Orthodox church, he died in 1910.

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ISBN 13	9781586633820
ISBN 10	1586633821
Title	Tess of the d'Urbervilles (SparkNotes Literature Guide)
Author	Thomas Hardy
Series	Sparknotes Literature Guide Series
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	SparkNotes
Year published	2002-07-15
Number of pages	72
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