George Turberville
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George Turberville, or Turbervile was an English poet.
A falconer, woodcut illustration from Turberville's Book of Falconry or Hawking (1575).
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
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Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman is the twelfth published novel by English author Thomas Hardy. It initially appeared in a censored and serialised version, published by the British illustrated
George Turberville
…James Turberville, Bishop of Exeter. The Turbervilles were an old Dorsetshire family, the inspiration for the d'Urbervilles of Thomas Hardy's novel, Tess of the d'Urbervilles. Turberville became a scholar of Winchester College in 1554, and in 1561 was made a fellow of New College, Oxford. In 1562 he began to study law in…
Title page of first edition
"He jumped up from his seat... and went quickly toward the desire of his eyes." 1891 illustration by Joseph Syddall
The Vale of Blackmore, the main setting for Tess. Hambledon Hill towards Stourton Tower
Mrs. Fiske in Lorimer Stoddard's stage adaptation of Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1897)