TY  - BOOK
AU  - West,Clare
AU  - Hardy,Thomas
TI  - Tess of the d'Urbervilles
T2  - Oxford Bookworms Library. Classics. Stage 6
SN  - 9780194792684 (pbk.)
AV  - PE1126.W478 T477 2008
U1  - 428.6 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University
KW  - Readers
KW  - Man-woman relationships
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Children of clergy
KW  - Women murderers
KW  - Women household employees
KW  - Poor families
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Wessex (England)
N1  - The maiden -- Maiden no more -- A new life -- The result -- The woman pays -- A changed man -- The end
N2  - A pretty young girl has to leave home to make money for her family. She is clever and a good worker; but she is uneducated and does not know the cruel ways of the world. So, when a rich young man says he loves her, she is careful - but not careful enough. He is persuasive, and she is overwhlemed. It is not her fault, but the world says it is. Her young life is already stained by men's desires, and by death
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