Tempo di lettura stimato:
11h 32m
Editore: Wordsworth
Anno: 1994
Lingua: Inglese
Rilegatura: Flessibile
Pagine: 346 Pagine
Isbn 10: 1853260053
Isbn 13: 9781853260056
Trama
Set in Hardy's Wessex, Tess is a moving novel of hypocrisy and double standards. Its challenging sub-title, "A Pure Woman", infuriated critics when the book was first published in 1891, and it was condemned as immoral and pessimistic.
It tells of Tess Durbeyfield, the daughter of a poor and dissipated villager, who learns that she may be descended from the ancient family of d'Urbeville. In her search for respectability her fortunes fluctuate wildly, and the story assumes the proportions of a Greek tragedy.
It explores Tess' relationships with two very different men, her struggle against the social mores of the rural Victorian world which she inhabits and the hypocrisy of the age.
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