Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Hardcover) by Thomas Hardy

9781853268380. New condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 368. 368 p. Contains: Unspecified. Wordsworth Hardback Library . Includes unspecified. Set in Hardy's Wessex, this is a moving novel of hypocrisy and double standards. It tells of Tess Durbeyfield, the daughter of a poor and dissipated villager, who learns that she may be descended from the ancient family of d'Urbeville. Seduced by Alec d'Urbeville, she bears his child.