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020			_a9781784873158
040			_aKenya National Library Service
082			_a823.8 HAR
100			_aHardy, Thomas _eAuthor
245			_aTess of the d'Urbervilles / _cThomas Hardy.
300			_axvi, 464 pages ; _c18 cm.
490			_aVintage Classics.
520			_aTess Durbeyfield, the daughter of an impoverished family, must navigate a world of desire and romance once she meets Alec d'Urberville. The son of a rich widow, he takes a fancy to her and gets her a position as the poultry keeper on his family's estate. However, her good fortune is soon complicated by Alec's libertine ways, and Tess returns home shamed. Once recovered, she separates herself from the gossip by finding work at a dairy farm outside the village. There, she meets and falls for Angel Clare, the eligible youngest son of the local reverend. But as her life begins to change for the better, she is troubled by a moral dilemma: whether or not to tell Angel about her past. Set in the fictional county of Wessex, Tess of the d'Urbervilles reflects on issues of classism, industrialism, hypocrisy, and virtue. Often considered to be Thomas Hardy's masterpiece, it received mixed reviews upon its publication due to its frank discussion of female sexuality and the hypocrisy of Victorian morality.
650			_aRomance _vFiction.
650			_aRelationships _vFiction.
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