tess of the d'ubervilles
Tess of the d'Ubervilles To what extent is Tess a true tragic heroine? Tess of the d'Urbervilles follows Tess through the last stages of her life. The reader is witness to the starting point of her eventual downfall, Alec raping her and the ramifications of that on the rest of her life. As the novel ... -----------------------------A Few Words About Hardy's World The "Thomas Hardy's World" web site is the product of three seminars, jointly taught at three liberal arts colleges. Prof. Suzanne Johnson Flynn, at Gettysburg College, and Prof. Patricia O'Hara, at Franklin & Marshall College, came together to construct a syllabus which both would follow for their Thomas Hardy Seminars in the fall 1996 semester.