Tess of the d'Urbervilles ..."a woman on a search for true love whose refusal to remain a victim leads her to tragic consequences"...web description of the video....do you agree?

  • first, read the novel here. Adobe Acrobat required.
  • pictures of Hardy's Wessex locations here.
  • Victorian notions of gender here
  • some interesting reading questions here
  • free summaries and study notes here
  • link to Timesonline archive, including contemporaneous review here
  • introduction to the novel with notes on each phase here
  • Professor Heffernan's 2005 discussion of whether Tess is raped or seduced, and what Hardy meant by the notion of a 'pure woman' here
  • illustrations to the 1886 serialised version of Tess here
  • Film Education notes here. Requires Adobe Acrobat
  • free Cliffnotes here
  • comparison with French Lieutenant's Woman here
  • examination hints here

    • Some of the links above were not pointing at the correct pages. The errors were corrected 29th September 08.

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