Tess deystvitel'no proiskhodit iz drevnego roda d'Erbervilley, no na ee dolyu ne prikhoditsya velichie i slava mogushchestvennykh predkov, lish' bremya ikh proklyatiya. U nee net ni bogatstva, ni zemel', ni dazhe titula - velichie roda ugaslo v nezapamyatnye vremena, no po-prezhnemu zhivy prizraki, naselyayushchie strashnye legendy, i bolee chem zhivy chudovishcha, naselyayushchie podsoznanie geroev romana. Esli sud'ba umnitsy i krasavitsy Tess - nakazanie za smertnye grekhi ee predkov, to net nikogo besserdechnee sud'by - Ananke, ved' kto, kak ne Tess trudilsya s samogo yunogo vozrasta, kto...
Tess deystvitel'no proiskhodit iz drevnego roda d'Erbervilley, no na ee dolyu ne prikhoditsya velichie i slava mogushchestvennykh predkov, lish' bremy...
When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune, meeting her 'cousin' Alec proves to be her downfall.
When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune, meeting ...
In 1895 Hardy's final novel, the great tale of Jude The Obscure, sent shockwaves of indignation rolling across Victorian England. Hardy had dared to write frankly about sexuality and to indict the institutions of marriage, education, and religion.
In 1895 Hardy's final novel, the great tale of Jude The Obscure, sent shockwaves of indignation rolling across Victorian England. Hardy had dared to w...
Independent and spirited Bathsheba Everdene has come to Weatherbury to take up her position as a farmer on the largest estate in the area. Her bold presence draws three very different suitors: the gentleman-farmer Boldwood, soldier-seducer Sergeant Troy and the devoted shepherd Gabriel Oak.
Independent and spirited Bathsheba Everdene has come to Weatherbury to take up her position as a farmer on the largest estate in the area. Her bold pr...
Cytherea has taken a position as lady's maid to the eccentric arch-intriguer Miss Aldclyffe. On discovering that the man she loves, Edward Springrove, is already engaged to his cousin, Cytherea comes under the influence of Miss Aldclyffe's fascinating, manipulative steward Manston.
Cytherea has taken a position as lady's maid to the eccentric arch-intriguer Miss Aldclyffe. On discovering that the man she loves, Edward Springrove,...
Blue-eyed and high-spirited, Elfride has little experience of the world beyond, and becomes entangled with two men: the boyish architect, Stephen Smith, and the older literary man, Henry Knight. The former friends become rivals, and Elfride faces an agonizing choice.
Blue-eyed and high-spirited, Elfride has little experience of the world beyond, and becomes entangled with two men: the boyish architect, Stephen Smit...
The person who, next to the actors themselves, chanced to know most of their story, lived just below 'Top o' Town' (as the spot was called) in an old substantially-built house, distinguished among its neighbours by having an oriel window on the first floor, whence could be obtained a raking view of the High Street.
The person who, next to the actors themselves, chanced to know most of their story, lived just below 'Top o' Town' (as the spot was called) in an old ...
