{"product_id":"9781411433267","title":"Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Barnes \u0026 Noble Classics Series)","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTess of the d'Urbervilles\u003c\/i\u003e, by \u003cb\u003eThomas Hardy\u003c\/b\u003e, is part of the \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. 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It is now considered one of the finest novels in English.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing richly poetic language to frame a shattering narrative of love, seduction, betrayal, and murder, Hardy tells the story of Tess Durbeyfield, a beautiful young woman living with her impoverished family in Wessex, the southwestern English county immortalized by Hardy. After the family learns of their connection to the wealthy d’Urbervilles, they send Tess to claim a portion of their fortune. She meets and is seduced by the dissolute Alec d’Urberville and secretly bears a child, Sorrow, who dies in infancy. A very different man, Angel Clare, seems to offer Tess love and salvation, but he rejects her—on their wedding night—after learning of her past. Emotionally bereft, financially impoverished, and victimized by the self-righteous rigidity of English social morality, Tess escapes from her vise of passion through a horrible, desperate act.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith its compassionate portrait of a young rural woman, powerful criticism of social convention, and disarming consideration of the role of destiny in human life, \u003ci\u003eTess of the D’Urbervilles\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most moving and memorable of Hardy’s novels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Galef\u003c\/b\u003e has published nine books: the novels \u003ci\u003eFlesh\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTurning Japanese;\u003c\/i\u003e two children's books, \u003ci\u003eThe Little Red Bicycle\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Tracks;\u003c\/i\u003e two translations of Japanese proverbs, \u003ci\u003eEven Monkeys Fall from Trees\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEven a Stone Buddha Can Talk;\u003c\/i\u003e a work of literary criticism, \u003ci\u003eThe Supporting Cast;\u003c\/i\u003e an edited anthology of essays called \u003ci\u003eSecond Thoughts: A Focus on Rereading;\u003c\/i\u003e and, most recently, the short-story collection \u003ci\u003eLaugh Track.\u003c\/i\u003e In addition, he has written more than seventy short stories for magazines ranging from the British \u003ci\u003ePunch\u003c\/i\u003e to the Czech \u003ci\u003ePrague Revue,\u003c\/i\u003e the Canadian \u003ci\u003ePrism International,\u003c\/i\u003e and the American \u003ci\u003eShenandoah.\u003c\/i\u003e His essays and reviews have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, Newsday,\u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice, Twentieth Century Literature, The Columbia History of the British Novel,\u003c\/i\u003e and many other places. He is a professor of English at the University of Mississippi, where he also administers the M.F.A. program in creative writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121667555568,"sku":"9781411433267","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781411433267_p0.jpg?v=1763725402","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781411433267","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}