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What is Tess of the d’Urbervilles about?

Thomas Hardy published Tess of the d'Urbervilles in 1891, after serialisation in a magazine. It is set in rural Wessex, in southwest England. Tess Durbeyfield, a poor farmer's daughter, learns that her family descends from an old noble line.

Sent to claim kinship with a rich family, she meets Alec d'Urberville, and her life is changed. Later she finds work as a dairymaid and falls in love with Angel Clare. Hardy subtitled it A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented, and the book criticises the harsh double standards of the age.

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Is Tess of the d’Urbervilles free to download?

Yes. Tess of the d’Urbervilles was first published in 1891, so it is in the US public domain. Thomas Hardy died in 1928, so it is also free in the EU, where copyright ends 70 years after death. This edition comes from Standard Ebooks, which releases its texts under CC0.

What is Tess of the d'Urbervilles about?

A poor country girl is wronged and judged harshly by society as she tries to build a new life.

Where is Tess of the d'Urbervilles set?

In Wessex, Hardy's name for the south-western counties of England.