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Tess Durbeyfield’s tragic trajectory—from light-hearted May-Day festivities to traumatic motherhood and distressful marriage to desperate murder—drags readers in a downward spiral of bodily suffering in Tess of the d’Urbervilles. The 1891 publication of Thomas Hardy shares crucial aspects of corporeality with The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Villette, and The Portrait of a Lady due to its focus on amorous ambling, aural encounters, visual vibrance, gustatory experiences, pungent smells, as well as exploratory tactility amidst toilful travels. Yet in contrast to the three earlier works, I argue that this late Victorian novel shows the lived body undergoing more violent examples of bloody injuries and fatal accidents.

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Shared Experiences of Strolling, Sounds, and Sorrows in Tess of the d’Urbervilles

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    2025年

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  • Natasha Anderson

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Tess Durbeyfield’s tragic trajectory—from light-hearted May-Day festivities to traumatic motherhood and distressful marriage to desperate murder—drags readers in a downward spiral of bodily suffering in Tess of the d’Urbervilles. The 1891 publication of Thomas Hardy shares crucial aspects of corporeality with The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Villette, and The Portrait of a Lady due to its focus on amorous ambling, aural encounters, visual vibrance, gustatory experiences, pungent smells, as well as exploratory tactility amidst toilful travels. Yet in contrast to the three earlier works, I argue that this late Victorian novel shows the lived body undergoing more violent examples of bloody injuries and fatal accidents.