Tess of the D’Urbervilles

E787191

novel

Tess of the D’Urbervilles is a classic 1891 novel by Thomas Hardy that follows the tragic life of Tess Durbeyfield, a young woman struggling against social injustice, fate, and moral hypocrisy in rural Victorian England.

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Label	Occurrences
Tess of the d'Urbervilles	2
Tess of the d’Urbervilles	2
Tess of the D’Urbervilles canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	novel ⓘ
author	Thomas Hardy NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReception	initially controversial ⓘ now regarded as a classic of English literature ⓘ
firstEditionYear	1891 ⓘ
firstPublicationFormat	serial in The Graphic ⓘ
firstPublishedAs	serialised novel ⓘ
fullTitle	Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	realist novel ⓘ social novel ⓘ tragic novel ⓘ
hasAdaptation	Tess (1979 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Tess of the d’Urbervilles (1913 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Tess of the d’Urbervilles (1924 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Tess of the d’Urbervilles (2008 TV serial) NERFINISHED ⓘ Tess of the d’Urbervilles (opera) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacter	Izz Huett NERFINISHED ⓘ Joan Durbeyfield NERFINISHED ⓘ John Durbeyfield NERFINISHED ⓘ Liza-Lu Durbeyfield NERFINISHED ⓘ Marian NERFINISHED ⓘ Mercy Chant NERFINISHED ⓘ
literaryMovement	naturalism ⓘ realism ⓘ
literaryPeriod	Victorian literature ⓘ
mainCharacter	Alec d’Urberville NERFINISHED ⓘ Angel Clare NERFINISHED ⓘ Tess Durbeyfield NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativePerspective	third-person omniscient ⓘ
notableFor	controversial treatment of female sexuality ⓘ critique of Victorian morality ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	Thomas Hardy’s Wessex novels NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeInAuthorOeuvre	one of Thomas Hardy’s major novels ⓘ
protagonist	Tess Durbeyfield NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationYear	1891 ⓘ
publisher	Osgood, McIlvaine & Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting	Wessex NERFINISHED ⓘ rural England ⓘ
theme	class and social status ⓘ fate ⓘ moral hypocrisy ⓘ religion and morality ⓘ rural life and industrialization ⓘ sexual double standard ⓘ social injustice ⓘ
timePeriod	Victorian era NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Ruth Jones → starredIn → Tess of the D’Urbervilles ⓘ

Tess → basedOn → Tess of the D’Urbervilles ⓘ

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Hugh Skinner → notableWork → Tess of the D’Urbervilles ⓘ

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Wessex (fictional region) → usedIn → Tess of the D’Urbervilles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tess of the d’Urbervilles

Naturalism → hasKeyWork → Tess of the D’Urbervilles ⓘ

subject surface form: Naturalism (literature)

this entity surface form: Tess of the d'Urbervilles