Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Written by Thomas Hardy
Narrated by Daniel Duffy
4/5
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this audiobook
When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune, meeting her 'cousin' Alec proves to be her downfall. A very different man, Angel Clare, seems to offer her love and salvation, but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent in the hope of a peaceful future.
Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy was born in Dorset in 1840, the eldest of four children. At the age of sixteen he became an apprentice architect. With remarkable self discipline he developed his classical education by studying between the hours of four and eight in the morning. With encouragement from Horace Moule of Queens' College Cambridge, he began to write fiction. His first published novel was Desperate Remedies in 1871. Thus began a series of increasingly dark novels all set within the rural landscape of his native Dorset, called Wessex in the novels. Such was the success of his early novels, including A Pair of Blue Eyes (1873) and Far From the Madding Crowd (1874), that he gave up his work as an architect to concentrate on his writing. However he had difficulty in getting Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1889) published and was forced to make changes in order for it to be judged suitable for family readers. This coupled with the stormy reaction to the negative tone of Jude the Obscure (1894) prompted Hardy to abandon novel writing altogether. He concentrated mainly on poetry in his latter years. He died in January 1928 and was buried in Westminster Abbey; but his heart, in a separate casket, was buried in Stinsford, Dorset.
Related to Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Related audiobooks
Tess of the d'Urbervilles Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tess of the d'Urbervilles (version 2) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Queen of Junk Island Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Somebody Like You Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Twins And Rivals: The Snare of Riches and the Spell of Love Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLoss of the Unguarded: Descendants of Angels Book 1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Duke and the Wallflower Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Daniel's Daughter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ella Ethereal: Love Endures Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDesired by the Bear - Complete Edition Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Guardian of Eden Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThis Vicious Grace: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Helen Lester Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Temperamental Enchantress: A LitRPG Adventure Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Christmas Angel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Spinster at the Highland Court Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5So Big (Unabridged) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Gambler (Version 2) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTranscendence (1 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation]: The DemonWars Saga 6 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5My Lady Beloved Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The World According to Dragons: Book Three Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWarriors: A Vision of Shadows #3: Shattered Sky Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Anthologies For You
The Shadow Over Innsmouth Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Come Join Us By the Fire: 35 Short Horror Tales from Nightfire Books Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Kink: Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ghost Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Greatest Short Stories of All Time Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Humour - A Short Story Collection Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Haunted House Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wavedancer Benefit Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Whisperer In Darkness Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The House of Love and Death Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Book of Extraordinary Impossible Crimes and Puzzling Deaths: The Best New Original Stories of the Genre Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Classic American Short Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Dangerous Women: Original Stories from Today's Greatest Suspense Writers Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5FaceOff Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Howls From the Dark Ages: An Anthology of Medieval Horror Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hex Life: Wicked New Tales of Witchery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dark Screams: Volume One Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5MatchUp Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Marple: Twelve New Mysteries Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Best American Short Stories 2021 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Best American Short Stories 2020 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Best American Short Stories 2022 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Anonymous Sex Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lady Most Willing...: A Novel in Three Parts Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Daughters of Latin America: An International Anthology of Writing by Latine Women Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Flight or Fright Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Tess of the d'Urbervilles
9 ratings0 reviews