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Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Wordsworth Collector's Edition) by Thomas Hardy gingerbread man and A Lesson from LinusSet 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