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        Tess of the D'Urbervilles


        setting

        Rural England

        time

        1870s

        language

        English

        region

        Western Europe

        year published

        1891

        page count

        595

        difficulty

        Intermediate

        main characters

        Tess, Angel Clare

        Rip's impressions

        Reserved for Guest Editor

        first line

        On an evening in the latter part of May a middle-aged man was walking homeward from Shaston to the village of Marlott, in the adjoining Vale of Blakemore, or Blackmoor.

        last lines

        (spoiler alert)