Tess of the d'Urbervilles | Collector's Edition | Hardcover Each piece is printed with

Each piece is printed with no glare

is inexorably drawn to commit a brutal double murder

robust ivory text paper

Buying a house

Her passion for print

Tess of the d'Urbervilles | Collector's Edition | Hardcover Each piece is printed withTess of the d'Urbervilles, a book by Thomas Hardy. Set in Hardy's Wessex, Tess is a moving novel of hypocrisy and double standards. Its challenging sub title, A Pure Woman, infuriated critics when the book was first published in 1891, and it was condemned as immoral and pessimistic. It tells of Tess Durbeyfield, the daughter of a poor and dissipated villager, who learns that she may be descended from the ancient family of d'Urbeville. In her search