Tess of the d'Urbervilles

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Tess of the d'Urbervilles
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writer

• Thomas Hardy, ( 1840 1928) was an English
  novelist and poet. He became widely regarded for
  his novels, such as Tess of the d'Urbervilles and
  Far from the Madding Crowd. Hardy's work was
  admired by many writers of a younger generation .

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some information about the book

• When the book appeared in 1891, Thomas Hardy was
  one of England's leading men of letters .Tess is
  considered quite scandalous. Some people attacked
  Hardy for the novel's subtitle, "A Pure Woman,"
  arguing that Tess could not possibly be
  considered pure. Today, the novel is praised as
  a courageous call during Victorian time The
  novel was one of Hardy's last. He was deeply
  wounded by some of the particularly personal
  attacks he received from reviewers of the book.

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Brief Introduction of the Story

• Tess is a pure and beautiful woman. Her life was
  totally changed from her loss of purity. She was
  seduced by a so-called gentlemanAlec, In order
  to get rid of the past ,she decided to go to a
  distant dairy farm. Then , she met her true love.
  She fell in love with Angel. After Angel knew the
  truth, he left Tess. And she sacrificed for her
  family, being a lover of Alec. Alec had always
  told Tess that Angel would never come back so he
  won Tesss trust. Angel did come back and found
  Tess! Everything was too late! Then , Tess was
  desperate. She killed Alec and she was sentenced
  to death.

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• She is a kind, sensitive and intelligent girl.
  Angel said she was the daughter of nature.
• Although she lost her purity for knowing little
  of man ,I still think she is pure, she is that
  girl she used to be and she is full of sympathy
  and love . I really love this lovely girl.

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• What Cause the Tragedy
• Tesss tragic life is caused by that society
  and its the result of that time. Except this, it
  cant be separated from her own weakness in
  character. She obviously has the dual nature of
  the society character--- resistance and
  compromise. But,compromise is the winner.As a
  common person, Tess fought with the society
  helplessly. In the end, she turned out to be the
  sacrificial victim of society .

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