Coming to PBS in January 2009- a MasterpieceTM Classic production of Thomas Hardy's "Tess of the D'UrbervillesTess 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 hi[...]

'She looked absolutely pure. Nature, in her fantastic trickery, had set such a seal of maidenhood upon Tess's countenance that he gazed at her with a stupefied air: "Tess- say it is not true! No, it is not true!"' Young Tess Durbeyfield attempts to restore her family's fortunes by claiming their c[...]

Oxford Handbooks Clinical Tutor Study Cards are a new, innovative, and versatile aid to revision from the publishers of the famous Oxford Handbooks. Following the same portable format, each card covers a discrete topic, enabling students to revise in bite-sized chunks quickly and safely whilst on th[...]

The texts in the Stories to Remember series are abridged and simplified but as much as possible of the author's original style and storyline has been retained. This work tells the story of Tess and her relationship with Angel Clare.[...]

From the incredible wizadry of Merlin to the passion of Sir Lancelot, these tales of Arthur and his knights offer epic adventures with the supernatural as well as timeless battles with out own humanity.
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A ne'er-do-well exploits his gentle daughter's beauty for social advancement in this masterpiece of tragic fiction. Hardy's 1891 novel defied convention to focus on the rural lower class for a frank treatment of sexuality and religion. Then and now, his sympathetic portrait of a victim of Victorian [...]

Edited by John Barclay, Lightfood Professor of Divinity at the University of Durham, "Early Christianity in Context" is a new series of importance for researchers and students in many different fields: biblical studies, patristics, Jewish Studies, classics and ancient history. The series examines th[...]

In addition to presenting the complete text of Hardy's famous novel, this volume provides students with contextualizing historical essays by John Ruskin, Charles Darwin, and Mona Caird and a selection of modern critical essays. Additional works by Hardy include "On the Western Circuit" and the poem [...]

Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur is one of the great works of English literature and the source book for the Arthurian legend cycle. This superb hardback version of the fourteenth century classic has been resetin modern type and is the first ever single-volume edition. It is edited by John Matt[...]