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What it's about
When her poor father learns the family descends from the noble d'Urbervilles, Tess Durbeyfield is sent to claim kinship and falls into the power of Alec d'Urberville. Her later love for Angel Clare is shadowed by that past. Hardy's tragedy of a rural Wessex woman was attacked on publication for its frankness.
Reading plan
Pick a finish date and Genius lays out the days — the plan shows today's target and keeps you honest.
Read together
Start a circle and share the code — everyone sees everyone's honest place in the book. Accountability, not leaderboards.
Who it's for
- Readers ready for a powerful, tragic love story - Anyone interested in Victorian double standards about women - Those who love landscape writing and rural English life
What’s inside
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