TESS OF THE DURBERVILLES (CHILTERN CLASSICS) (HB)

Blending the best of tradition and the latest printing techniques, Chiltern Classics feature detailed, layered and embossed covers; cream pages and gilt edges; ribbon markers, rounded edges and stitched binding. No edition will be more pleasurable to give, own or read. Hardy's masterpiece features a heroine at odds with the world and a traditional rural way of life facing the onset of modernity. Censored upon initial publication for the challenge it presented to Victorian moral conventions, it tells the story of a farm girl whose attempt to pursue love, fulfilment and security leads her only to a string of tragedies.