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Tess of the D'Urbervilles [adapted - Oxford Bookworms]

by Clare West

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A pretty young girl has to leave home to make money for her family. She is clever and a good worker; but she is uneducated and does not know the cruel ways of the world. So, when a rich young man says he loves her, she is careful - but not careful enough. He is persuasive, and she is overwhelmed. It is not her fault, but the world says it is. Her young life is already stained by men's desires, and by death.… (more)
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The story begins when a man reveals his past to another man who obsessed with improving his life, decides that his daughter is the best option make it, by using her. Ends up being abused by a cruel man, to find again the love and then losing it again. Is too sad because tess aways finish hurted.
1 vote katiaalcantara | Dec 7, 2011 |
It is a sa story about Tess's whole life. The tragedy begans with Mr.Durbeyfield ask Tess to go to d'Urberbilles house, then a simple girl suffer so many hardships until she met her ture love. But the end of story is not happy even Tess have a happy night with Angle.
1 vote yz11cp | Nov 9, 2011 |
Upper-Intermediate Early,
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A pretty young girl has to leave home to make money for her family. She is clever and a good worker; but she is uneducated and does not know the cruel ways of the world. So, when a rich young man says he loves her, she is careful - but not careful enough. He is persuasive, and she is overwhelmed. It is not her fault, but the world says it is. Her young life is already stained by men's desires, and by death.

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