Project Gutenberg 1994-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 6454 Hardy, Thomas 1840 1928 Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tess_of_the_d%27Urbervilles Steve Menyhert, Meredith Ricker, John Hamm and Joseph E. Loewenstein "Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman" by Thomas Hardy is a novel written in the late 19th century during the Victorian era. The story revolves around Tess Durbeyfield, a young woman whose family lineage is revealed to be noble but now fallen into poverty. The novel explores themes of social class, gender roles, and the tragic consequences of self-discovery and societal expectations. The opening of the novel introduces us to Tess's father, John Durbeyfield, who learns from a local parson that he is a descendant of the noble d'Urberville family. This revelation instills in him a sense of pride and prompts him to indulge in drunkenness, neglecting his responsibilities. Meanwhile, we see Tess as a naive and beautiful young woman participating in a May Day celebration, where she anxiously witnesses her father's display of pride. The incident with a horse, a vital source of livelihood for her family, leads to tragic consequences when it is killed in an accident due to her father's negligence, setting the stage for Tess's struggles as she takes on the role of caregiver and attempts to navigate her complicated family dynamics and emerging identity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 77.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Didactic fiction Poor families -- Fiction Children of the rich -- Fiction Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction Pastoral fiction Children of clergy -- Fiction Wessex (England) -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Women murderers -- Fiction Rape victims -- Fiction Women household employees -- Fiction PR Text Banned Books from Anne Haight's list Category: Novels Category: Classics of Literature Category: British Literature 947599 2025-07-01T04:16:27.076112 text/html 955786 2024-11-22T13:52:47 text/html 511713 2025-07-01T04:16:39.639025 application/epub+zip 512640 2025-07-01T04:16:30.493083 application/epub+zip 494324 2025-07-01T04:16:29.121070 application/epub+zip 815204 2025-07-01T04:16:47.046999 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 766634 2025-07-01T04:16:38.648020 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 692188 2022-09-01T04:19:02.797282 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 895551 2025-07-01T04:16:25.236131 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 875702 2024-11-22T13:52:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19013 2025-07-01T04:16:47.182982 application/rdf+xml 16287 2025-07-01T04:16:29.667135 image/jpeg 3817 2025-07-01T04:16:29.408072 image/jpeg 432738 2025-07-01T04:16:27.149081 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia