E-audiobook
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Record details
- ISBN: 9781433243301 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
- ISBN: 143324330X (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
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Physical Description:
electronic
electronic resource
remote - Publisher: [Ashland, Or.] : Blackstone Audio, 2008.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Downloadable audio file. Title from: Title details screen. Unabridged. Duration: 14:15:18. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Ralph Cosham. |
| System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Media Console Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 204873 KB; MP3 file size: 401638 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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| Genre: | DOWNLOADABLE AUDIOBOOK. Pastoral fiction. Audiobooks. |
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Summary:
Hardy's harrowing novel of seduction and abandonment introduced his most memorable tragic heroine, Tess, whose vivid, breathing life was remarkable even for the author: "I have not been able to put on paper all that she is, or was, to me." On her morning journey to earn money for her impoverished family, Tess's horse has an accident, forcing to go to some newly-rich relatives to seek assistance. There, she is vigorously pursued by Alec, who corners her in a field one night and takes advantage of her. After bearing a child who quickly dies, Tess meets and falls in love with Angel, a minister's son who is infatuated with the image of Tess as the pure country maid. But when he learns the truth of her past, he shuns his new bride and leaves Tess once again to fend for herself in a world where she is only valued for her uses to others.
