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Book Tess of d Urbervilles

    Book Details:
  • Author : Thomas Hardy
  • Publisher : Amaryllis - an imprint of Manjul Publishing House
  • Release : 2022-12-30
  • ISBN : 9391242650
  • Pages : 409 pages

Download or read book Tess of d Urbervilles written by Thomas Hardy and published by Amaryllis - an imprint of Manjul Publishing House . This book was released on 2022-12-30 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the impoverished Durbeyfield family learn that they may be descendants of the royal d’Urberville family, they are delighted at the thought of owning a potential fortune and ask their daughter, young Tess, to go and stake their claim. She initially refuses, but is forced to go when she accidentally kills their horse and cripples their livelihood. But her meeting with Alec d’Urberville goes horribly wrong, and she returns home in shame. Tess later falls in love with the kind Angel Clare but is forced to make a difficult decision: to tell him the truth of her past and face the consequences, or to remain silent. The book was controversial when first published and deemed “socially unacceptable” by some as Hardy’s uniquely feminist portrayal of Tess challenged the sexual morals of the time.

Book Is Shame Necessary

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jennifer Jacquet
  • Publisher : Vintage
  • Release : 2016-01-12
  • ISBN : 0307950131
  • Pages : 226 pages

Download or read book Is Shame Necessary written by Jennifer Jacquet and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2016-01-12 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An urgent, illuminating exploration of the social nature of shame and of how it might be used to promote large-scale political change and social reform. “[Jacquet] exposes the ways shame plays into collective ideas of punishment and reward, and the social mechanisms that dictate the ways we dictate our behavior.” —The Boston Globe Examining how we can retrofit the art of shaming for the age of social media, Jennifer Jacquet shows that we can challenge corporations and even governments to change policies and behaviors that are detrimental to the environment. Urgent and illuminating, Is Shame Necessary? offers an entirely new understanding of how shame, when applied in the right way and at the right time, has the capacity to keep us from failing our planet and, ultimately, from failing ourselves.

Book Thomas Hardy s Tess of the D Urbervilles

Download or read book Thomas Hardy s Tess of the D Urbervilles written by Margaret Elvy and published by . This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THOMAS HARDY'S TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES A detailed and incisive analysis of Thomas Hardy's classic 1891 novel, using the latest research in feminism, gay, lesbian and queer theory, and cultural studies. Illustrated. Bibliogaphy. Notes. www.crmoon.com Margaret Elvy offers a thorough reappraisal of Thomas Hardy's favourite heroine. Elvy incorporates much of recent Hardy criticism, in which Hardy has been reappraised in the light of materialist, psychoanalytic, gender, poststructuralist and feminist criticism. Tess of the d'Urbervilles is a novel of anger, a text which rages against time, God, industrialization, and social institutions such as marriage, Chrisianity, the Church, law and education. What does Tess Durbeyfield do that is 'wrong'? Thomas Hardy explains in the book: ' s]he had been made to break an accepted social law, but no law known to the environment in which she fancied herself such an anomaly.' Tess is forced, or is led, or falls into a complex situation by circumstances, confusions, innocence (or ignorance), bad communication and desire. She is 'made' to break 'an accepted social law': it is the same with Eustacia Vye in The Return of the Native, and Sue Bridehead in Jude the Obscure. Somehow, their very existence means transgressions will occur. Tess Durbeyfield transgresses society, goes against grain. She (unwittingly perhaps) places herself outside of society and the law. She learns that there are different kinds of laws, different sets of laws for different groups of people. She has to learn about social boundaries, and how to keep inside of limits. As it's a dramatic novel, Tess learns the hard way. She is seen to be transgressive. The education system fails her utterly, her mother and family also fail to protect her. Though she is proud of her education, it fails her utterly. A note in the Life, Hardy's autobiography, is usually cited in relation to Tess of the d'Urbervilles: ' w]hen a married woman who has a lover kills her husband, she does not really wish to kill her husband; she wishes to kill the situation.' The tragedy of Tess of the d'Urbervilles has been seen as a socio-economic destruction (Arnold Kettle); the result of commercial forces, in the Marxist model (Raymond Williams); the decline of the rural order (John Alcorn, Roger Ebbatson, Merryn Williams); the waste of human potential (Irving Howe); due to the sexual manipulation of two men (feminist critics such as Penny Boumelha, Kate Millett and Rosalind Sumner); or due to the heroine's own moral inadequacies (Roy Morrell); or as the breaking of social taboos (J. Lecercle), and so on.

Book Thomas Hardy s Tess of the d Urbervilles

Download or read book Thomas Hardy s Tess of the d Urbervilles written by Scott McEathron and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sourcebook offers an introduction to Thomas Hardy's crucial novel, offering: a contextual overview, a chronology and reprinted contemporary documents, including a selection of Hardy's poems an overview of the book's early reception and recent critical fortunes, as well as a wide range of reprinted extracts from critical works key passages from the novel, reprinted with editorial comment and cross-referenced within the volume to contextual and critical documents suggestions for further reading and a list of relevant web resources. For students on a wide range of courses, this sourcebook offers the essential stepping-stone from a basic reading knowledge to an advanced understanding of Hardy's best-known novel.

Book Skary Childrin and the Carousel of Sorrow

Download or read book Skary Childrin and the Carousel of Sorrow written by Katy Towell and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2013-03-12 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adelaide Foss, Maggie Borland, and Beatrice Alfred are known by their classmates at Widowsbury's Madame Gertrude's School for Girls as "scary children." Unfairly targeted because of their peculiarities—Adelaide has an uncanny resemblance to a werewolf, Maggie is abnormally strong, and Beatrice claims to be able to see ghosts—the girls spend a good deal of time isolated in the school's inhospitable library facing detention. But when a number of people mysteriously begin to disappear in Widowsbury, the girls work together, along with Steffen Weller, son of the cook at Rudyard School for Boys, to find out who is behind the abductions. Will they be able to save Widowsbury from a sinister 12-year-old curse?

Book Tess of the d Ubervilles

    Book Details:
  • Author : Thomas Hardy
  • Publisher : Xist Publishing
  • Release : 2016-04-08
  • ISBN : 1681959658
  • Pages : 510 pages

Download or read book Tess of the d Ubervilles written by Thomas Hardy and published by Xist Publishing. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy from Coterie Classics All Coterie Classics have been formatted for ereaders and devices and include a bonus link to the free audio book. “Did it never strike your mind that what every woman says, some women may feel?” ― Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D'Urbervilles Tess of the d'Urbervilles is a heartbreaking tale of a woman going to every length to try and do what is right, only to have fate tease her at each turn.

Book Tess of the d Urbervilles

Download or read book Tess of the d Urbervilles written by Thomas Hardy and published by Xist Publishing. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ePub Copyright © 2017 Classic Book Series

Book Pursuit of the Well beloved

Download or read book Pursuit of the Well beloved written by and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2000 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Tess of the D Urbervilles

Download or read book Tess of the D Urbervilles written by Thomas Hardy and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life of a simple country girl in nineteenth-century England is destroyed by her father's determination to use her in order to regain the family's former social standing.

Book Tess of the d Urbervilles   Second Edition

Download or read book Tess of the d Urbervilles Second Edition written by Thomas Hardy and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2007-02-12 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic novel tells the story of how the poor rural couple John and Joan Durbeyfield become convinced that they are descended from the ancient family of d'Urbervilles. They encourage their innocent daughter Tess to cement a connection with the d'Urberville family, including their unprincipled son Alec, with tragic consequences. "A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented," as Hardy subtitled the novel, represented a direct challenge to conventional Victorian notions of sexuality and femininity. This is a revised, updated, and expanded Broadview edition that highlights a feminist interpretation of the novel in an extensive introduction. The range of historical appendices (including contemporary articles, letters, maps, news stories, and reviews) will greatly enhance a reader's understanding of the text.

Book Tess of the D Urbervilles  Thomas Hardy

Download or read book Tess of the D Urbervilles Thomas Hardy written by Thomas Hardy and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Tess D  Urberville

Download or read book Tess D Urberville written by M. Thomas Hardy and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-02-01 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tess d'Urberville (titre original : Tess of the d'Urbervilles : A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented) est un roman de Thomas Hardy, publié en 1891. En France, il est paru pour la première fois en 1901.Il est initialement paru sous une version feuilletonesque et censurée, publiée par le journal illustré britannique The Graphic. Bien qu'on le considère à présent comme un grand classique de la littérature anglaise, le livre reçut des avis mitigés quand il parut pour la première fois, en partie parce qu'il remettait en question les moeurs sexuelles de l'époque d'Hardy.Tess est l'aînée des filles de John et de Joan Durbeyfield, des paysans sans éducation (et plutôt paresseux). Un jour, John, un pauvre charretier, est sur le chemin du retour au village de Marlott, quand il rencontre Parson Tringham qui s'adresse à lui en l'appelant « Monsieur John ». Lorsqu'il demande une explication, Tringham, généalogiste amateur, l'informe qu'il est de sang noble ; « Durbeyfield » est une distorsion de « d'Urberville », le nom d'une famille noble normande, à présent éteinte. Bien que l'héritier potentiel ne veuille aucun mal, la nouvelle lui monte immédiatement à la tête.Entre-temps, Tess est sur le chemin des « fêtes de mai » au village quand elle voit son père lui rouler sur les pieds, en charrette, chantant quelque chose sur des ancêtres faits chevaliers dans des cercueils de plomb. Embarrassée, elle s'excuse pour lui et continue son chemin. A la fête, elle croise brièvement le plus jeune des fils du Révérend, Angel Clare, qui se promène avec ses deux frères. Il remarque l'adorable Tess, mais tout à son chagrin, il danse avec une autre fille.Plus tard, à la maison, Tess apprend la raison du comportement étrange de son père quand on l'informe de la lignée noble de la famille. Espérant trouver à Tess un riche époux, Joan décide de l'envoyer clamer sa parenté avec une famille riche, les Stoke d'Urberville, dans le village de Trantridge à côté. Cette nuit-là, Tess tombe endormie pendant qu'elle se rend au marché, son père étant trop saoul pour entreprendre le voyage lui-même, et le seul cheval de la famille, Prince, se retrouve sur le chemin d'un autre véhicule et en est tué. Quand Joan, plus tard, lui fait part de ses projets, Tess se sent si coupable qu'elle accepte de colporter le message insensé.En réalité, l'aveugle Madame d'Urberville, n'est pas apparentée aux Durbeyfield, ou aux d'Urberville ; son mari, Simon Stoke a simplement acheté le titre de baron et les actes notariés. Cependant, son libertin de fils, Alec d'Urberville, s'éprend de Tess et lui promet la charge de la basse-cour sur le domaine d'Urberville. Il commence immédiatement à lui faire des avances; bien qu'elle soit d'une certaine manière, flattée de ses attentions, elle lui résiste. Plus tard, cependant, pendant qu'elle revient du village avec quelques ouvriers de Trantridge, Tess s'oppose par inadvertance à Car Darch, la petite amie la plus récemment éconduite par Alec, et s'en ressent mise à l'écart au point d'en venir aux mains. Quand Alec déboule et lui offre de la sauver de la situation, elle accepte. Il ne la reconduit pas chez elle cependant, mais roule au hasard à travers le brouillard jusqu'à atteindre un ancien bois appelé The Chase. Ici, après que Tess, épuisée, est tombée endormie, il en profite pour abuser d'elle

Book Tess of the D Urbervilles  Study Guide

Download or read book Tess of the D Urbervilles Study Guide written by Thomas Hardy and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-25 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The novel is set in impoverished rural England, Thomas Hardy's fictional Wessex, during the Long Depression of the 1870s. Tess is the oldest child of John and Joan Durbeyfield, uneducated peasants. ... He notices Tess too late to dance with her, as he is already late for his promised return to his brothers.

Book A Pair of Blue Eyes

    Book Details:
  • Author : Thomas Hardy
  • Publisher : Standard Ebooks
  • Release : 2023-05-22T17:47:46Z
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 467 pages

Download or read book A Pair of Blue Eyes written by Thomas Hardy and published by Standard Ebooks. This book was released on 2023-05-22T17:47:46Z with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young Elfride falls in love for the first time with an architect who is sent to make plans to renovate the local church. She supposes Stephen to be a professional man from London, but finds he comes from more humble origins. Stephen must go away and make something of himself before he can claim her. Circumstances change in his absence, and Elfride must decide if she will keep her pledge to marry Stephen. A Pair of Blue Eyes is Thomas Hardy’s third novel, and the first one to bear his real name when it was first published. The novel was first published as a serial, and the “cliffhanger” is supposed to have been named after a scene in which a character is left hanging over the edge of a cliff—while readers are left waiting for the next chapter to be serialized. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.

Book The Burning Wheel

    Book Details:
  • Author : Aldous Huxley
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 1916
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 62 pages

Download or read book The Burning Wheel written by Aldous Huxley and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 1916 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wearied of its own turning, Distressed with its own busy restlessness, Yearning to draw the circumferent pain- The rim that is dizzy with speed- To the motionless centre, there to rest, The wheel must strain through agony On agony contracting, returning Into the core of steel. And at last the wheel has rest, is still, Shrunk to an adamant core: Fulfilling its will in fixity. But the yearning atoms, as they grind Closer and closer, more and more Fiercely together, beget A flaming fire upward leaping, Billowing out in a burning, Passionate, fierce desire to find The infinite calm of the mother's breast...

Book Wuthering Heights

    Book Details:
  • Author : Emily Bronte
  • Publisher : Penguin Classics
  • Release : 2009-08-25
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 360 pages

Download or read book Wuthering Heights written by Emily Bronte and published by Penguin Classics. This book was released on 2009-08-25 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tale of Heathcliff's and Cathy's ungovernable love and suffering, and the havoc that their passion wreaks on the families of the Earnshaws and the Lintons, shocked the book's first readers, with even Emily's sister Charlotte claiming Whether it is right or advisable to create beings like Heathcliff, I do not know. I scarcely think it is.Wuthering Heights is Emily Bront's only novel. It was first published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, and a posthumous second edition was edited by her sister Charlotte. The name of the novel comes from the Yorkshire manor on the moors on which the story centers. The narrative tells the tale of the all-encompassing and passionate, yet thwarted, love between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, and how this unresolved passion eventually destroys both thems and many around them. Now considered a classic of English literature, the novel's innovative structure, which has been likened to a series of Matryoshka dolls, met with mixed reviews by critics when it first appeared.

Book The Ballad of Laurel Springs

Download or read book The Ballad of Laurel Springs written by Janet Beard and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-07-25 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A provocative new novel by the nationally bestelling author of THE ATOMIC CITY GIRLS, about nine generations of one family in Eastern Tennessee whose women, in eerie echoes of the notorious Appalachian murder ballads made famous by singers, over more than a century, have been traumatized by acts of violence"--