Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Descriere
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's 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.
Despre autor
Thomas Hardy a fost un scriitor și poet naturalist britanic, cunoscut pentru romanele sale „Tess” și „Departe de lumea dezlănțuită”. Evenimentele din majoritatea operelor sale se desfășoară în comitatul semi-imaginar Wessex și sunt marcate de descrieri poetice și fatalism.
