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Book Review of Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Tess of the d'Urbervilles
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Violated by one man, forsaken by another, Tess Durbeyfield is the magnificent heroine of Thomas Hardy. Using the innocent and powerless victim, Tess, he creates profound sympathy for human fraility. This classic is still consider one of the best.