Tess of the D'Urbervilles
/derr"beuhr vilz'/
a novel (1891) by Thomas Hardy.
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Tess of the D’Urbervilles [Tess of the DUrbervilles]
a novel
(1891
) by Thomas
Hardy. It tells the sad story of a young woman, Tess, and the troubles she has in her relationships with two men. She marries one and kills the other, for which she is
hanged. Many readers were shocked by the book’s unhappy ending when it was first published.
Useful english dictionary.
2012.