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Add MS 38182
- Record Id:
- 032-002057402
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002057402
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000039.0x000220
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 38182
- Title:
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TESS OF THE D''URBERVILLES, by Thomas Hardy. Original autograph MS.
- Scope & Content:
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Public Domain.
The title has been changed from A Daughter of the D''Urbervilles. There are 39 leaves missing; references to these will be found on ff. 10, 15, 18, 19, 26, 32, 38, 44, 48, 50, 54, 81, 88, 92, 95, 96, 103, 106, 110, 141 ; f. 52 is also incomplete. With certain modifications and omissions, the story appeared serially in the Graphic (4 July-26 Dec. 1891), illustrated by Prof. Sir Hubert von Herkomer, D. A. Wehrschmidt, E. B. Johnson, and J. Syddall. There are notes on ff. 83, 91, regarding alterations for serial issue. Of the omitted portions two were published separately: the Baptism of Sorrow in the Fortnightly Review, May, 1891, under the title "The Midnight Baptism. A Study in Christianity," reprinted in the Eclectic Magazine (New York), June, 1891 ; the quarrel between Tess and Car Darch (see ch. x and xi in the published version of the novel) in the Literary Supplement of the National Observer, 14 Nov. 1891, entitled "Saturday Night in Arcady," including a preliminary description of a country-people''s dance accidentally omitted in the three-volume and subsequent editions till 1912: see ff. 59 sqq. in the MS. The novel was published in 1891. Paper ; ff. 525. Small quarto. Presented by the Author, through S. C. Cockerell, Esq.
Thomas Hardy, OM; novelist: Tess of the D''Urbervilles: 1891.: Autogr.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002057402
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002057402
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_38182 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1888
- End Date:
- 1891
- Date Range:
- 1889?-1891
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
- User Conditions:
- Public Domain
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- Exhibitions:
- British Library Treasures, (online), 27 February 2016-
Discovering literature: Romantics and Victorians, (online), 20 February 2014- - Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)