Tess of the d'Ubervilles
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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Publisher Description
When Thomas Hardy's novel Tess of the d'Ubervilles was released it was regarded as quite racy - as it challenged the sexual values of the time. Follow the story of Tess as she discovers she is part of a noble Norman family, and is thrown into a life of social and sexual discovery.
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Anna Bentinck ratchets up the melodrama for this full-blooded reading of Hardy's classic a staple of high-school English classes everywhere. Students desperate to penetrate Hardy's notoriously slow masterpiece should turn to Bentinck, who gives it an intense emotional coloring. She makes Hardy sound like a brother to the Bront sisters: passionate and brooding. Bentinck alternates between a crisp, precise narrative voice that sounds like Helen Mirren, and Tess's own voice, quavering, shallow and meek. Bentinck retains her composure throughout, and her assured performance may be a welcome rescue for struggling 11th graders across the country.
