Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Adaptation)

Oxford Bookworms Library, Stage 6

By: Thomas Hardy, Clare West - adaptation

Narrated by: Judy Parkin

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. An Oxford Bookworms Library reader for learners of English, adapted from the Thomas Hardy original by Clare West.

©1989 Oxford University Press (P)2008 Oxford University Press

Critic reviews

"The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of storytelling." (David R. Hill, ELT Journal Review)

I love the story

I reapet this story several times, its realy till us many things, we must not till every thing we know to other, we ignore how some knowledge my effect other in a bad way, we should not judge people by ther past.

Tess from Fifty Shades

I have wanted to read this book ever since I read Fifty Shades of Grey since both Anna and Christian refer to the 2 men in Tess' life.