Tess of the D’Urbervilles in Around the Year in 52 Books

Jul 19, 2010 Book Concierge rated it it was amazing

Shelves: concierge, strong-women, library, movie, 1001-books-you-must-read-before-you, classic, own, literature, 19th-century, tragedy

I first read this in high school and read it again "just because" when I was in college (or just out of college). I think I'll have to re-read it to give it any type of real review.

Updated March 31, 2011
I’ve read this classic twice before, so decided to listen to the audio version.

Hardy tells the story of the young woman, Tess Derbyfield, whose father has recently been informed that he is descended from an old noble family – the d’Urbervilles. Her family being in difficult straits, her mother ...more

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May 22, 2011 Nathalie rated it really liked it

Shelves: from-1001-list-i-have-read, read-more-than-a-decade-ago

It's a coming of age of a pretty and young maiden in 19th century England. Apart from her beauty she's an innocent spirit, who constantly sets others before herself.

Her young life, barely 16, starts out with her father finding out he's from an old and wealthy branch, named Urberville, which is now lost and debased to Durbeyfield.
Him being a haggler and basically a good for nothing kind of man, he let's that knowledge take the better of him and is responsible for the first gentle push of Tess t ...more

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Jul 06, 2021 Bea rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Really surprised how much I liked this classic story. It started slow and, thus, I thought it would be a slog to get through. Not so, enjoyed it greatly. Didn't start reading until July 1. Before that I had read only a few pages. ...more

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Dec 10, 2010 Karan rated it liked it

This book is better to listen to than read due to the heavy description.

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Nov 10, 2009 Andrea rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2009, audio

I listened to this book because I found it on the website below. The reader was very good and the story was more than I expected. There was drama and suspense and tragedy . . . so good.

Really good story. I think I will probably read the actual book. There was a lot of description that I think might have been harder to get through while reading instead of listening.

Open source audio book

http://librivox.org/tess-of-the-durbe...

2009 Fall Challenge category: from 1001 books list ...more

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