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Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Thomas Hardy · 1891

Original text in English.

A pedlar's daughter sent to claim kinship with rich relatives who are not her kin.

Novel · 62 parts · about 150 000 words · about 10 h 51 of reading

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Contents

  1. Ouverture1 min
  2. Explanatory Note to the First Edition1 min
  3. Author’s Preface to the Fifth and Later Editions5 min

Phase the First: The Maiden

  1. I7 min
  2. II12 min
  3. III10 min
  4. IV17 min
  5. V15 min
  6. VI7 min
  7. VII7 min
  8. VIII7 min
  9. IX9 min
  10. X14 min
  11. XI9 min

Phase the Second: Maiden No More

  1. XII13 min
  2. XIII6 min
  3. XIV20 min
  4. XV5 min

Phase the Third: The Rally

  1. XVI9 min
  2. XVII12 min
  3. XVIII12 min
  4. XIX12 min
  5. XX6 min
  6. XXI9 min
  7. XXII4 min
  8. XXIII11 min
  9. XXIV6 min

Phase the Fourth: The Consequence

  1. XXV15 min
  2. XXVI10 min
  3. XXVII10 min
  4. XXVIII8 min
  5. XXIX9 min
  6. XXX11 min
  7. XXXI15 min
  8. XXXII11 min
  9. XXXIII16 min
  10. XXXIV16 min

Phase the Fifth: The Woman Pays

  1. XXXV14 min
  2. XXXVI17 min
  3. XXXVII14 min
  4. XXXVIII8 min
  5. XXXIX10 min
  6. XL10 min
  7. XLI12 min
  8. XLII8 min
  9. XLIII18 min
  10. XLIV16 min

Phase the Sixth: The Convert

  1. XLV15 min
  2. XLVI18 min
  3. XLVII14 min
  4. XLVIII10 min
  5. XLIX12 min
  6. L11 min
  7. LI12 min
  8. LII12 min

Phase the Seventh: Fulfilment

  1. LIII8 min
  2. LIV7 min
  3. LV7 min
  4. LVI7 min
  5. LVII10 min
  6. LVIII12 min
  7. LIX3 min

About this text

Thomas Hardy († 1928): public-domain work. The text is that of the Project Gutenberg e-book (no. 110). Erostrate has not changed a single word: only the layout and the division into pages are ours.

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