Tess of the D’Urbervilles (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Thomas Hardy
- First Published: 1891
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Philosophical realism
- Time of Work: Late nineteenth century
- 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
Places Discussed
Wessex. Hardy’s fictionalized version of the region around Dorset, a coastal county in southern England, taking its name from the West Saxon kingdom of the sixth to tenth centuries. Hardy introduced Wessex in Far from the Madding Crowd (1874). In later fiction, he layered a detailed topography modeled on actual locations with archetypal symbolism. The capital city of Wessex, Casterbridge, mentioned several times in Tess of the D’Urbervilles, is Hardy’s version of Dorchester.
Marlott. Village in the north of Wessex on a plain called...
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