Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1891)
0.1160Canon Score · ranked #241 all time
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About the book
An intimate portrait of a woman, one of literature's most admirable and tragic heroines...Tess Durbeyfield knows what it is to work hard and expect little. But her life is about to veer from the path trod by her mother and grandmother. When her ne'er-do-well father learns that his family is the last of a long noble line, the d'Urbervilles, he sends Tess on a journey to meet her supposed kin—a journey that will see he
Why it ranks #241
Every list on which Tess of the D'Urbervilles appears, with its position as published.
| List | Authority | Position |
|---|---|---|
| BBC Big Read Top 200 (2003) | Editorial list | #26 / 200 |
| OCLC/WorldCat Top 500 Novels (2019) | Editorial list | #44 / 500 |
| Bloom, The Western Canon (1994) | Editorial list | Selected |