Themes
- The Implicit Theme in the Works of Thomas Hardy
- The Novels of Thomas Hardy: An Introduction
- Tess of the Derbyfield — Good Woman or Noble Dame?
Characterization
- "'Cruel Persuasion': Seduction, Temptation, and Agency in Hardy's Tess"
- What Victorian Agricultural Workers and Other Countrymen Wore
Plot and Structure
- Tess of the d'Urbervilles compared with King Lear
- The Weekly Parts of Tess of the D'Urbervilles in the London Graphic
Genre, mode, and style
- Thomas Hardy, Tess, and Melodrama
- Conflict in Victorian Verse and Prose: Hardy and Others
- The Victorian Sensation Novel, 1860-1880 — "preaching to the nerves instead of the judgment"
- Adapting a Victorian Classic: Roman Polanski’s Tess and Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Gender matters
- The Power of "No" for Hardy's Heroines
- Mrs. Agatha Thornycroft — A Visual Inspiration for Hardy's Tess
Bibliography
Chronological and Geographical Setting: Hardy's Wessex
- An Introduction to Hardy's Novels: Physical Setting
- An Introduction to Hardy's Novels: Chronological Setting
- Cottage in Marnhull village, Dorset
- Stonehege on the Salisbury Plain
- Blackmoor Vale
- The River Froom
- Woolbridge House (the original of Wellbridge House)
- Bramhurst Court
- Map of the Wessex of the Novels and Poems
Hardy, Serialisation, and Illustrations: Herkomer, Wehrschmidt, Johnson, and Syddall (1891)
- Six Illustrations by Hubert Von Herkomer
- Eight Illustrations by Daniel A. Wehrschmidt
- Eight Illustrations by E. Borough Johnson
- Five Illustrations by Joseph Syddall
- Table of Illustrations
- The Graphic
- The Weekly Instalments for the Serialised Version of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles in the London Graphic (4 July—26 December, 1891)
Adaptations
Related Resources
- The Thomas Hardy Society (Resources)
- Eugene Birchall's website dedicated to photographing Thomas Hardy's 'Wessex'"
- Mitsuharu Matsuoka's Hyper-Concordance allows word searches the complete texts of this and other Hardy works
- Text of the novel at Project Gutenberg
Bibliography
Allingham, Philip V. "The Original Illustrations for Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles Drawn by Daniel A. Wehrschmidt, Ernest Borough-Johnson, and Joseph Sydall for the Graphic (1891)." The Thomas Hardy Year Book, No. 24 (1997): 3-50.
Allingham, Philip V. "Six Original Illustrations for Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles Drawn by Sir Hubert Von Herkomer for the Graphic (1891)." The Thomas Hardy Journal, Vol. X, No. 1 (February 1994): 52-70.
Chase, Mary Ellen. “Chapter 3: Tess of the D’Urbervilles.” Thomas Hardy from Serial to Novel. New York: Russell & Russell, 1964, pp. 69-112.
Hardy, Thomas. Tess of the D'Urbervilles in the Graphic, 1891, 4 July-26 December, pp. 11-761.
Hardy, Thomas. Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman. Vol. I. The Wessex Novels. London: Osgood, McIlvaine, 1897.
Jackson, Arlene M. Illustration and the Novels of Thomas Hardy. Totowa, NJ: Rowman and Littlefield, 1981.
Feltes, Norman N. "Lateral Advance: Tess and the Necessities of Magazine Publication." Modes of Production of Victorian Novels. Chicago: U. Chicago Press, 1986, pp. 57-75.
Vann, J. Don. "Tess of the D'Urbervilles in the Graphic, 4 July 26 — December 1891." Victorian Novels in Serial. New York: MLA, 1985, pp. 88-89.
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Last modified 13 December 2024