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Tess of the D'Urbervilles

American  
[dur-ber-vilz] / ˈdɜr bərˌvɪlz /

noun

  1. a novel (1891) by Thomas Hardy.


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The book that changed my life Tess of the D’Urbervilles.

From The Guardian Aug. 10, 2020

And if you see only one film this year about Audis, marble floors, and Tess of the D’Urbervilles, you could do a lot worse than this one.

From Slate Feb. 12, 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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