{"product_id":"tess-of-the-durbervilles","title":"Tess of the D'Urbervilles","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The greatest tragic writer among the English novelists'\nVirginia Woolf\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWith its depiction of the wronged 'pure woman' Tess and its powerful criticism\nof Victorian hypocrisy, \u003ci\u003eTess of the D'Urbervilles\u003c\/i\u003e is one of\nthe most moving and poetic of Hardy's novels. When its heroine, Tess\nDurbeyfield, is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy\nD'Urbervilles, meeting her 'cousin' Alec proves to be her downfall. A very\ndifferent man, Angel Clare, seems to offer her love and salvation, but Tess\nmust choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent in the hope of a\npeaceful future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThomas Hardy was born in Dorset in 1840 and became an\napprentice architect at the age of sixteen. He spent his twenties in London,\nwhere he wrote his first poems. In 1867 Hardy returned to his native Dorset,\nwhose rugged landscape was a great source of inspiration for his writing.\nBetween 1871 and 1897 he wrote fourteen novels, including \u003ci\u003eTess of the\nD'Urbervilles\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJude the Obscure\u003c\/i\u003e. This final work was\nreceived savagely; thereafter Hardy turned away from novels and spent the last\nthirty year of his life focusing on poetry. He died in 1928.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44636104523983,"sku":"9780141439594","price":17.44,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_991258e6-8ad8-45f4-8c63-55fbe61a5813.jpg?v=1761105516","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/tess-of-the-durbervilles","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}