Tess of the d'Urbervilles/
Thomas Hardy
- London : Harper Press, 2010.
- 500 p. : 18 cm.
"Short bibliography of criticism": p. 23.
Tess struggles to overcome poverty and ignorance, but is no match for the wiles of various men, who use her and then condemn her. She is a classic tragic hero, good of heart but damned by society.