Tess of the D'Urbervilles
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And so today’s Stonehenge is not William Blake’s terrifying “building of eternal death”; nor is it Thomas Hardy’s “monstrous place”, where Tess of the D’Urbervilles sleeps her last night before being taken to be hanged.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 8, 2019
Tess of the D’Urbervilles is a novel about, among other things, shame.
From Slate ● Mar. 1, 2015
Trishna, with Freida Pinto headlining Michael Winterbottom’s India-set retelling of Tess of the D’Urbervilles, did about the same as , per-screen, with $30,600 at three sites.
From Time ● Jul. 15, 2012
Before you know it, a box of first editions of Tess of the D’Urbervilles will have arrived from a mysterious stranger… you know who-oo!
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2012
His Tess of the D’Urbervilles was a numbered edition signed by Thomas Hardy.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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