{"product_id":"tess-of-the-durbervilles-thomas-hardy-2","title":"Tess of the D'Urbervilles","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan id=\"freeText10827759033395489671\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"freeText5633394922184422279\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I would be content, ay, glad, to live with you as your servant, if I may not as your wife; so that I could only be near you, and get glimpses of you, and think of you as mine ... I long for only one thing in heaven or earth or under the earth, to meet you, my own dear! Come to me - come to me, and save me from what threatens me!\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune, meeting her 'cousin' Alec proves to be her downfall. A very different man, Angel Clare, seems to offer her love and salvation, but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent in the hope of a peaceful future. With its sensitive depiction of the wronged Tess and powerful criticism of social convention, \u003ci\u003eTess of the D'Urbervilles\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most moving and poetic of Hardy's novels.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease note this copy is a special everyman's library edition with light scuffs on the edges of the covers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781857150339\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSize: Hardcover, \u003cspan itemprop=\"numberOfPages\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Text Text__body3\"\u003e280 \u003c\/span\u003epages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"numberOfPages\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: \u003cspan\u003eEveryman's Library\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"B - Good Condition","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41929348251804,"sku":"","price":11.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0526\/1597\/0972\/files\/tess_2.jpg?v=1784193090","url":"https:\/\/booksforless.co.nz\/products\/tess-of-the-durbervilles-thomas-hardy-2","provider":"Books For Less","version":"1.0","type":"link"}