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384 pages • first pub 1891 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781853260056
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
Publication date: 05 May 1992
Description
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 T...
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384 pages • first pub 1891 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781853260056
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
Publication date: 05 May 1992
Description
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 T...