Tess of the D\'Urbervilles

Tessofthed\'Urbervilles:APureWomanFaithfullyPresentedAuthor ThomasHardyCountry UnitedKingdomLanguage EnglishGenre(s) TragedyPublicationdate 1891Mediatype Print(Hardback&Paperback)Pages 592ISBN NAPrecededby TheWoodlandersFollowedby JudetheObscureTessofthed\'Urbervilles:APureWomanFaithfullyPresentedalsoknownasTessofthed\'Urbervilles:APureWomanorjustTessofthed\'UrbervillesisanovelbyThomasHardy,firstpublishedin1891.Itinitiallyappearedinacensoredandserialisedversion,publishedbytheBritishillustratednewspaper,TheGraphic[1].ItisHardy\'spenultimatenovel,followedbyJudetheObscure.ThoughnowconsideredagreatclassicofEnglishliterature,thebookreceivedmixedreviewswhenitfirstappeared,inpartbecauseitchallengedthesexualmoresofHardy\'sday.TheoriginalmanuscriptisondisplayattheBritishLibrary[2]showingthetitlehadoriginallybeen\"Daughterofthed\'Urbervilles\"[3].---Wikipedia