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Tess of the d’Urbervilles

Thomas Hardy

The Durbeyfield family are poor and simple people, but their ancestors were the mighty d’Urbervilles, an ancient and noble family. When the Durbeyfields meet with misfortune, they send their oldest daughter, Tess, to visit her wealthy cousin and ask for help, but the wealthy cousin has a young son, Alec Stoke d’Urberville, who finds Tess very attractive…

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Love; loneliness; overcoming challenges; tragedy; passion
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CEFR Level B2+
Level Secondary
Language British English
Type Fiction (classic)
Genre Human interest
Publisher Black Cat
Year 2003
Number of Pages 160
Number of activities 86
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