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[[File:Tess1891.jpg|thumb|400px|1891 illustration by Joseph Syddall]]▼
| title = Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented
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| image = Tess1891.jpg
| author = Thomas Hardy
| central theme = tThe perils of being perceived as a less than pure woman in the XIX century
| elevator pitch = A young woman gets her reputation and her life destrioyed after being the victim of sexual assault, as the mores of her time put the blame of the incident on her. At least the narrator is on her side.
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| publication date = 1891
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'''''Tess of the d'Urbervilles''''' (or its full title ''Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented'') is an 1891 novel written by [[Thomas Hardy]]. It was his second-to-last book.
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Feeling guilty, Tess' parents have her leave home to live with one of her apparent relatives, Mrs. d'Urberville, and her son, Alec. Tess begins working for Mrs. d'Urberville as poultry keeper. Alec takes a romantic interest in Tess; she remains, for the most part, uninterested. However, one night, on their way home, Alec intentionally gets them lost and rapes (or possibly seduces) Tess. The rest of the novel recounts what happens to Tess' life after this incident and how her reputation is ultimately wrecked.
Because of the themes presented in the book, such as religious themes and
''Tess of the d'Urbervilles'' has been made into a theatrical film at least three times; there are also four [[Made for TV Movie|made-for-television movies]] and miniseries. There have also been several plays and even an opera made of it.
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The novel is in the public domain in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Read it at [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/110 Project Gutenberg] or [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Tess_of_the_d%27Urbervilles Wikisource].
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* [[Adults Are Useless]]: Tess' parents, '''so much.'''
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* [[Younger Than They Look]]: Tess is often described as seeming and acting much older than she is when she is a teenager. The early narration attributes her physical appearance to a "fullness of growth" that her mother assures her she'll grow into.
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