Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Accordingly, Mr. and Mrs.Durbeyfield sent their eldest daughter, Tess to Trantridge poultry-farm to claim kin. They should have prevented this journey which committed their daughter to the care of a man as Alec. Here began the strange and dreadful events of her future life.Alec's words troubled her maiden modesty. This wretched man destroyed her quiet for ever! He offered to marry her but she detested the sight of him! She came back home and gave birth to a baby who died a few months later.She went to Talbothays dairy House in Blackmoor to work. Angel Clare fell in love with her. Tess' heart exulted at his honourable love — so pure and lofty. She wanted to tell him her secret, but he didn’t want to hear. They married each other to continue their sentimental romance.When she confided in him, she found out that he was a monster of hypocrisy! So changeable and unsure of himself! She had made a god of him and he left her. He went to Brazil to try his hand in farming and sent money to her. What atonement could purchase the pardon of her crime? Even bad women, as they are termed, have in them sorrow, repentance, pity, sacrifice. She wept from fathomless depths of hopeless, hopeless grief.She met Alec again. He had become a preacher now. After practicing immorality for so long, he was preaching morality. Alec asked Tess to marry him, but she refused.Her father passed away. Her mother and her young siblings were evicted from their house.Angel came back after a year, slightly damaged. He repented and asked Tess for forgiveness. Was it too late?

One of the most amazing book by Thomas Hardy. It's his second which I read and it's most astonishing book. I think you must go for this one although Collins classic print's words are very short but it's readable for a normal eyesight people.

What a tragedy 😭What misfortunes befall such an innocent 😇 and pure girl, TessAnd what stupidity and obstinacy on her part to never learn from her mistakesYou feel really sorry for her and sometimes get annoyed 😠 for her submissivenessOne of the greatest classic tragedies

Thomas Hardy has written a great book. There is extreme sadness and misery in this book and at times you may feel lost while reading it. It runs at a pace where the readers gets the time to absorb all the pain in Tess' life. There is lots of hope around Tess' life's revival and keeps your running with the book. Thomas has clearly written something that people would remember him for. A realistic book which shows the difficult side of the society.

The book is thick and the quality was great. The pckaging was good and deivery took 4 days.

The fonts are super small. Lots of inappropriate spacing that could've been used for bigger fonts. But item came in good condition.

The book was delivered in good condition. Page quality is not among the best, but it is not bad either. Beacause the paper is thin, the books weighs very less and is easy to carry.As for the read, it is an amazing book! Must read.

But rest all is great, in great condition, nice paper quality and no printing faults.

A tragic story narrated with exquisite prose. Tess is an unforgettable woman, blessed with beauty and character but seemingly cursed by the fates. She is certainly unlucky in love.Hardy was a master of the craft: the settings, characters, the plot, and the narrative voice are first rate.The story saddened me so much at times that I had to put it aside. Doing so was paying homage to Thomas Hardy. And I always returned to the book, an even greater compliment to him.

During COVID-19 lockdown my mother requested reading material with large print. This book, along with two other large print Thomas Hardy novels, was just what she was hoping for. The actual books are larger than other large print books we found for her. The stories are classic. The books arrived well packaged and in a timely manner.

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I should start by saying that no other book has made me cry in my entire life as Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles did. This is arguably because of the author’s writing style and how the plot unfolds. While his novel is certainly not an easy one to read, it keeps you on your toes from the very beginning, a point by which the heroine starts her unfortunate journey. Personally, I think this work is greater than his Jude’s, which, by and large, focus too much attention on the character’s love story. Tess’s love is different, intense, and full of consequences one would not expect. On top of that, the background landscape is described in detail by Hardy’s narrator, revealing several social changes taking place at the time. Thus, we can grasp Tess’s deepest feelings as well as the historical context in which she lived. Once you start reading the book, you won’t stop until you finish. Have it a try, it’s really worth reading.

Amazing! Good book! A nice classic, and lovely to read. The book itself is perfect, penguin classics is my favorite, the cover is fun. Love the chickens and the colors. Good, and readable. Perfect!