Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Wordsworth Collector's Edition) by Thomas Hardy rope For people whose spiritual lives

For people whose spiritual lives have been too disembodied

There is no one to beat her

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Rachel recounts growing up in a culture obsessed with apologetics

Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Wordsworth Collector's Edition) by Thomas Hardy rope For people whose spiritual livesSet in Hardy's Wessex, Tess is a moving novel of hypocrisy and double standards. Its challenging sub title, A Pure Woman, infuriated critics when the book was first published in 1891, and it was condemned as immoral and pessimistic. It tells of Tess Durbeyfield, the daughter of a poor and dissipated villager, who learns that she may be descended from the ancient family of d'Urbeville. In her search for respectability her fortunes fluctuate wildly, and