Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman
by Thomas Hardy
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About This Book
Alternate covers can be foundhereandhere.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 and salvation, but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent in the hope of a peaceful future.
77
Chapters
~924 min
Est. Listening Time
English
Language
3.8 ★
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Chapters (77)
- Tess of the d’Urbervilles A Pure Woman
- Faithfully presented by
- Thomas Hardy
- Explanatory Note to the First Edition
- Author’s Preface to the Fifth and Later Editions
- Phase the First: The Maiden
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII
- VIII
- IX
- X
- XI
- End of Phase the First
- Phase the Second: Maiden No More
- XII
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