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Tess z d´Urbervillů
Author: Thomas Hardy
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Her family's hopes of noble ancestry send sixteen-year-old Tess into a world where a name and social position carry more weight than character. Thomas Hardy follows a young woman from the impoverished English countryside as she faces the moral demands of a society marked by its own hypocrisy.
Tess is the daughter of John and Joan Durbeyfield, rural parents with limited opportunities. An alleged connection to the d’Urberville family raises their hopes of a better life. They send Tess to ask a supposed relative for money or employment, placing their expectations on her shoulders.
The novel examines how ancestry and wealth shape an individual's choices. Tess's sensitivity and principles do not protect her from people with more advantageous social positions. The gap between who she is and how others judge her becomes central to Hardy's critique of Victorian morality.
Family pressure, poverty and unequal standards for women affect the heroine's personal life directly. This edition of the English classic presents Martin Pokorný's Czech translation in the CooBoo Classics collection.
Czech-language e-book. Translation: Martin Pokorný. Collection: CooBoo Classics. Formats: EPUB, PDF, MOBI.
Her family's hopes of noble ancestry send sixteen-year-old Tess into a world where a name and social position carry more weight than character. Thomas Hardy follows a young woman from the impoverished English countryside as she faces the moral demands of a society marked by its own hypocrisy.
Book information
- Author
- Thomas Hardy
- Publisher
- Albatros Media a.s.
- Imprint
- Cooboo
- Formát
- E-book
- Language
- Czech
- Genre
- Klasický román, Viktoriánska literatúra, Spoločenský román
- Original title
- Tess of the D'Urbervilles
- ISBN
- 978-80-766-1718-6
- Publication date
- 25. April 2023
- Pages
- 504
- Edition
- CooBoo Classics
- E-book formats
- EPUB (ISBN 978-80-7661-775-9) · PDF (ISBN 978-80-7661-774-2) · MOBI (ISBN 978-80-7661-776-6)
What is Tess z d´Urbervillů about?
Tess is the daughter of John and Joan Durbeyfield, rural parents with limited opportunities. An alleged connection to the d’Urberville family raises their hopes of a better life. They send Tess to ask a supposed relative for money or employment, placing their expectations on her shoulders.
The novel examines how ancestry and wealth shape an individual's choices. Tess's sensitivity and principles do not protect her from people with more advantageous social positions. The gap between who she is and how others judge her becomes central to Hardy's critique of Victorian morality.
Family pressure, poverty and unequal standards for women affect the heroine's personal life directly. This edition of the English classic presents Martin Pokorný's Czech translation in the CooBoo Classics collection.
Themes and motifs
Class divisions
Wealth and ancestry influence the opportunities open to the characters.
Social hypocrisy
Society's moral demands conflict with its behavior.
Family expectations
Tess carries her parents' hopes of improving their circumstances.
A woman's fate
A young woman faces unequal social judgment.
Setting
The English countryside during the Victorian era.
Main characters
Tess
The sixteen-year-old daughter of poor rural parents, with strong moral principles.
John Durbeyfield
Tess's father, who learns of an alleged ancestral connection.
Joan Durbeyfield
Tess's mother, who shares her husband's hopes about noble ancestry.
Who is this book for?
For readers of English classics and social novels about poverty, inequality, women's position and Victorian morality.
Book context
Thomas Hardy's novel belongs to the English literary tradition of rural life and criticism of Victorian morality. Its original title is Tess of the D'Urbervilles.
Otázky o knihe
Who is the main character?
Tess, the sixteen-year-old daughter of John and Joan Durbeyfield.
What sets the story in motion?
After hearing of alleged noble ancestry, Tess's parents send her to a supposed relative to ask for help or employment.
Who translated this Czech edition?
Martin Pokorný. The edition is part of CooBoo Classics.
What is the original title?
Tess of the D'Urbervilles.
What language and formats does the e-book use?
Czech, in EPUB, PDF and MOBI formats.
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