Tess of the D’Urbervilles (Censorship (Ready Reference series))
At a glance:
- Author: Thomas Hardy
- First Published: 1891
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Philosophical realism
- Subjects: Sex or sexuality, Murder or homicide, Nineteenth century, Social issues, Rural or country life, England or English people, Lower classes, Ethics, Fate or fatalism
- Locales: Wessex, England
The Work
Thomas Hardy began writing Tess of the D’Urbervilles in the fall of 1888, under contract to a large conservative newspaper syndicate in England. After reading drafts of the manuscript this publisher decided certain scenes were indecent and asked Hardy to rewrite them. After Hardy refused, his publisher canceled his contract. For financial reasons Hardy needed to sell his book as a serial. He tried to sell the manuscript to two more magazine publishers, but both magazines rejected it.
Hardy undertook the revision of the text himself. His second draft won...
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