Thomas Hardy

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

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Produktbeschreibung

When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune, meeting her 'cousin' Alec proves to be her downfall. A very different man, Angel Clare, seems to offer her love, but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent in hope of a peaceful future.

Produktdetails

• The Penguin English Library
• Verlag: Penguin Books UK / Penguin Classics
• Seitenzahl: 486
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 127mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 344g
• ISBN-13: 9780141199948
• ISBN-10: 0141199946
• Artikelnr.: 34516190

Autorenporträt

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.