Tess of the d'Urbervilles - Quote Bank
Quote Bank and Critical Readings for ‘Tess of the d’Urbervilles’ by Thomas Hardy.
Contains 204 key quotes, categorised by the following themes:
Injustice, Inevitability and Fate (Including Foreshadowing)
Nature and Modernity (Including Environment / Setting)
Standards and Class / Victorian Society
Religion (and Omens / the Supernatural)
Women and Femininity (and associated traits)
Men and Masculinity (and associated traits)
Relationships (Positive & Negative) (Including Familial)
Loss (Including, the impacts of death, abandonment, Tess’ rape and a loss of autonomy)
Thomas Hardy (Intrusive Narrator)
Tropes of Victorian Literature (Including Gothic)
Created for A Level English Literature (Edexcel)