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Tess of the D'urbervilles: a pure woman
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Published:
London : Macmillan, 1919.
Physical Desc:
2 v. ; 24 cm.
Accelerated Reader:
IL: UG - BL: 9.5 - AR Pts: 23
Status:
Sacramento Room
SPE 828.8 H272t4 1919 v.1 SPE VAU
Sacramento Room
SPE 828.8 H272t4 1919 v.2 SPE VAU
Description
The life of a simple country girl in nineteenth-century England is destroyed by her father's determination to use her in order to regain the family's former social standing.
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Format:
Book
Edition:
Mellstock ed.
Language:
English
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 9.5, 23 Points

Notes

General Note
Issued in a slide case.
General Note
"This edition consists of five hundred copies signed by the author"--Half-title page, v.1
General Note
"The Mellstock edition of the works of Thomas Hardy consists of five hundred copies, printed by R. & R. Clark, Edinburgh ..."--Colophon.
General Note
Engraved portrait of the author by William Strang in frontispiece of v. l, next to title page. Also includes general preface to novels and poems, explanatory note to the first edition of Tess of the D'ubervilles, preface to the fifth and later editions and contents.
General Note
"The present edition of this novel contains a few pages that have never appeared in any previous edition. When the detached episodes were collected as stated in the preface of 1891, these pages were overlooked, though they were in the original manuscript. They occur in chapter X"--Preface to later editions, v.1.
General Note
Library owns copy with original autograph by Thomas Hardy on half title page of v.1.
General Note
"Map of the Wessex of the novels and poems": v. 2.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)

Hardy, T. (1919). Tess of the D'urbervilles: a pure woman. Mellstock ed. London, Macmillan.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928. 1919. Tess of the D'urbervilles: A Pure Woman. London, Macmillan.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928, Tess of the D'urbervilles: A Pure Woman. London, Macmillan, 1919.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Hardy, Thomas. Tess of the D'urbervilles: A Pure Woman. Mellstock ed. London, Macmillan, 1919.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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