Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (books not included). Pages: 28. Chapters: 1891 novels, Black's Law Dictionary, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, L'Argent, El filibusterismo, Marthandavarma, Die Anarchisten, New Grub Street, Rameau's Nephew, Philosophy of Arithmetic, The White Company, Tales of Soldiers and Civilians, Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories, Men of Iron, 1891 in literature, Gosta Berlings Saga, The Case of the Stick, The Story of the Glittering Plain, La-Bas, The Doings of Raffles Haw, Khaled: A Tale of Arabia, Diary of a Pilgrimage, Life and Labour of the People in London, Revisio Generum Plantarum, Mistress Branican, Quincas Borba, Roman Agrarian History and its Significance for Public and Private Law, Canada and the Canadian Question, A Group of Noble Dames, Anarchy, Captain January, C ur double, Enoc Huws, A normalista, Ze sv ta lesnich samot, Jan Maria Plojhar, Mezi proudy. Excerpt: Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented, also known as Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman, Tess of the d'Urbervilles or just Tess, is a novel by Thomas Hardy, first published in 1891. It initially appeared in a censored and serialised version, published by the British illustrated newspaper, The Graphic. It is Hardy's penultimate novel, followed by Jude the Obscure. Though now considered an important work of English literature, the book received mixed reviews when it first appeared, in part because it challenged the sexual mores of Hardy's day. The original manuscript is on display at the British Library, showing that it was originally titled "Daughter of the d'Urbervilles." The novel is set in impoverished rural Wessex during the Long Depression. Tess is the eldest child of John and Joan Durbeyfield, uneducated rural peasants. One day, Parson Tringham informs John that he has noble blood. Tringham, an amateur genealogist, has...
