Tess of the d’Urbervilles — A Level Student Guide
Tess of the d’Urbervilles — A Level Student Guide
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Master Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles with this comprehensive Coleman’s Notes® A Level Student Guide.
Designed particularly for students studying AQA A Level English Literature, this detailed 54-page guide provides in-depth analysis of Hardy’s novel alongside focused examination and revision support.
Follow Tess’s story through all seven phases of the novel and explore Hardy’s treatment of tragedy, fate and chance, gender and sexual double standards, class, religion, nature, changing rural England, love and idealisation.
Inside the guide:
- Complete plot summary and all seven phases
- Detailed studies of Tess, Angel Clare and Alec d’Urberville
- Supporting characters and relationship analysis
- Major themes and contextual analysis
- Tragedy, fate and chance
- Victorian gender and sexual double standards
- Class, social mobility and the d’Urberville name
- Nature, agriculture and modernity
- Religion, morality and social judgement
- Hardy’s language, structure and narrative methods
- Symbols and motifs
- AQA A Level examination guidance
- Five structured essay plans
- Five model answers
- 25 Exam & Revision Questions
- Fifteen Key Episodes
- Ten Critical Debates
- Close-reading dossiers
- AO1, AO2, AO3, AO4 and AO5 workshops
- 30 Quick-Recall Questions with answers
- Final revision checklist
Ideal for independent revision, classroom support, home education and tutoring.
Format: Digital PDF
Series: Coleman’s Notes® Student Guide Series
Reference: CN-SG041
Individual Student Guide: £7.95
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