Tess of the d'Urbervilles "An odyssey of action and

"An odyssey of action and awe

analogous to apples on a tree

"Among the greatest works of imaginative fiction of the twentieth century

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Tess of the d'Urbervilles "An odyssey of action andOne of Thomas Hardy's most famous novels is the story of an innocent young woman victimized by the double standards of her day. Set in the magical Wessex landscape so familiar from Hardy's early work, Tess of the d'Urbervilles is unique among his great novels for the intense feeling that he lavished upon his heroine, Tess, a pure woman betrayed by love. Hardy poured all of his profound empathy for both humanity and the rhythms of natural life into