TESS OF THE DURBERVILLES (CLOTHBOUND CLASSICS) (HB)

Part of Penguin's handsome hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these collectible copies are bound in high-quality cloth with foil stamping. Tess Durbeyfield is driven by poverty to seek out a portion of the fortune belonging to her wealthy D’Urberville relatives. Instead of fortune, she finds tragedy, discovering that she has no relation to the D’Urbervilles whatsoever, but not before she is raped by her ‘cousin’ Alec. She returns home in misery, and her child dies soon after birth. After a year of sorrow, she finds a job as a milkmaid on a farm where she meets a man named Angel Clare, who offers her a new chance in life.