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Tess of the d'Urbervilles
by Thomas Hardy · 68 parts · about 12 hours 23 minutes of reading
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Tess Durbeyfield is a poor country girl whose family discovers they are descended from ancient nobility, and that discovery ruins her life. Thomas Hardy's novel follows Tess through betrayal, hard labor, and a love that comes too late, asking why the world punishes the innocent. It scandalized Victorian England and still stings today.
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Explanatory Note to the First Edition1 minEpigraph1 minPhase the First: The Maiden1 minChapter I9 minChapter II13 minChapter III12 minChapter IV19 minChapter V17 minChapter VI8 minChapter VII8 minChapter VIII8 minChapter IX10 minChapter X16 minChapter XI10 minPhase the Second: Maiden No More1 minChapter XII15 minChapter XIII6 minChapter XIV23 minChapter XV5 minPhase the Third: The Rally1 minChapter XVI10 minChapter XVII14 minChapter XVIII14 minChapter XIX14 minChapter XX7 minChapter XXI11 minChapter XXII5 minChapter XXIII13 minChapter XXIV7 minPhase the Fourth: The Consequence1 minChapter XXV17 minChapter XXVI12 minChapter XXVII11 minChapter XXVIII9 minChapter XXIX10 minChapter XXX12 minChapter XXXI17 minChapter XXXII12 minChapter XXXIII19 minChapter XXXIV19 minPhase the Fifth: The Woman Pays1 minChapter XXXV16 minChapter XXXVI20 minChapter XXXVII16 minChapter XXXVIII9 minChapter XXXIX12 minChapter XL12 minChapter XLI14 minChapter XLII10 minChapter XLIII20 minChapter XLIV18 minPhase the Sixth: The Convert1 minChapter XLV17 minChapter XLVI20 minChapter XLVII16 minChapter XLVIII12 minChapter XLIX14 minChapter L13 minChapter LI13 minChapter LII13 minPhase the Seventh: Fulfilment1 minChapter LIII9 minChapter LIV8 minChapter LV8 minChapter LVI8 minChapter LVII12 minChapter LVIII14 minChapter LIX4 minSource: Standard Ebooks. Published 1891. Author died 1928. Public domain worldwide. Share this book: WhatsApp
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