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Synopsis
The novel is set in impoverished rural Wessex during the Long Depression. Tess is the oldest child of John and Joan Durbeyfield, uneducated rural peasants. One day, Parson Tringham informs John that he has noble blood.
Tringham, an amateur genealogist, has discovered that "Durbeyfield" is a corruption of "D'Urberville", the surname of a noble Norman family.
Book Details
Published
April 1, 2011
Publisher
Wilder Publications, Incorporated
Pages
372
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781617201486