[Tess of the d'Urbervilles. A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented]
Year:
1891
Type:
Public:
Moral assessment:
Type: Literature
Nothing inappropriate.
Some morally inappropriate content.
Contains significant sections contrary to faith or morals.
Contains some lurid passages, or presents a general ideological framework that could confuse those without much Christian formation.
Contains several lurid passages, or presents an ideological framework that is contrary or foreign to Christian values.
Explicitly contradicts Catholic faith or morals, or is directed against the Church and its institutions.
Literary quality:
Recommendable:
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The rating of the different categories comes from the opinion of Delibris' collaborators
Tess Durbeyfield is the daughter of a poor villager who suddenly learns that he is a descendant of the ancient d'Urberville family. The rich Alec d'Urberville seduces Tess and it is doubtful if he should indeed hold that family name. The child she bears dies. Tess then falls for vicar's son and marries, only to be abandoned when he was told of the seduction. From there on in, misfortune follows misfortune.
Thomas Hardy was born in 1840 and died in 1928. In his early twenties Hardy lost his faith in God and he has forever had to answer his critics about his pessimism. This work produced the greatest uproar: it was contemned as immoral, pessimistic and disagreeable in the extreme.
C.C. (U.K., 2016)
Author: Cliff Cobb, United Kingdom
Update on: May 2024