Tess of the d'Urbervilles Contents
- Introduction
- Timeline
- Images
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Author(s)
- Hardy, Thomas
- The context of Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- Social / political context
- Religious / philosophical context
- About the text
- Tess of the d'Urbervilles synopses
- Chapters 1-9
- Chapters 10-19
- Chapters 20-29
- Chapters 30-39
- Chapters 40-49
- Chapters 50-59
- Narrative
- Characterisation
- Themes and significant ideas
- Tess as a 'Pure Woman'
- Tess as a secular pilgrim
- Tess as a victim
- The world of women
- Tess as an outsider
- Coincidence, destiny and fate
- Disempowerment of the working class
- Heredity and inheritance
- Laws of nature vs. laws of society
- Modernity
- Nature as sympathetic or indifferent
- Patterns of the past
- Sexual predation
- Inner conflicts: body against soul
- Imagery and symbolism in Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- Structure
- Critical analysis
- Approaching exams and essays
- Resources and further reading
Approaching exams and essays
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