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
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)
Thomas Hardy
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Thomas Hardy was an English novelist, poet and architect. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, including the poe
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
…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 newspaper The Graphic in 1891, then in book form in…
Hardy, c. 1910–1915
"The Hardy Tree", a Great Tree of London in Old St Pancras churchyard in London, growing between gravestones moved while Hardy was working there. The tree fell in December 2022.
Max Gate in 2015
Florence Hardy at the seashore, 1915