Tess of the d'Urbervilles (In Our Time)
1891 · Resource
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, originally serialised in The Graphic in 1891 and, with some significant changes, published as a complete novel in three volumes in 1891. The book was controversial even before serialisation, rejected by one publisher as too overtly sexual, to which a second added it did not publish 'stories where the plot involves frequent and detailed reference to immoral situations.'
On these timelines: In Our Time (BBC podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1891
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