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Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- Author
- Thomas Hardy
- Narrator
- Anna Bentinck
- Publisher
- Naxos AudioBooks
- Publish Date
- 1 April 2008
- Run Time
- 17 hours 42 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Classic fiction
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Critics Review
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The story is well known, but listening to an unabridged reading will always illuminate fresh themes and details. It also highlights the range of Hardy’s writing, which can move from the ‘opalised light of the moon’ in heavenscapes, through sweeping landscapes down to a single dewdrop. Anna Bentinck conveys superbly Hardy’s nuances of tone from the locals’ country accents to Angel Clare’s fastidious correctness. D’Urberville sounds kindly – rather than just a wheedling cad – which gives the listener deeper understanding and sympathy for Tess’s predicament.
Rachel Redford, The Oldie
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Details
- Author
- Thomas Hardy
- Narrator
- Anna Bentinck
- Duration
- 17 hours 42 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 April 2008
- ISBN
- 9789629545390
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Naxos AudioBooks
- Genre
- Classic fiction
Synopsis
Tess of the D’Urbervilles tells the story of Tess Durbeyfield, forced by her family’s poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D’Urbervilles. Violated by the son, Alec, her hopes of rebuilding her life with the gentle and bookish Angel Clare founder when he learns of her past. Set among the lush pastures and bleak uplands of Hardy’s imagined Wessex, and filled with unforgettable images of tenderness and tragedy, the story examines conventional morality through Tess herself, one of the best-loved characters in English literature.
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