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Tess Durbeyfield is a poor but beautiful peasant girl who lives with her parents and several younger siblings. When her father learns from a genealogist that their surname is really d'Urberville, a family that was of noble lineage, John drinks so much in celebration that be becomes too inebriated to ride to market later that day. Tess and one of her siblings takes up the task instead, but Tess falls asleep while on their way there. This causes a collision between their cart and a carriage, one that ends up killing her father's horse.

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Tess Durbeyfield is a poor but beautiful peasant girl who lives with her parents and several younger siblings. When her father learns from a genealogist that their surname is really d'Urberville, a family that was of noble lineage, John drinks so much in celebration that be he becomes too inebriated to ride to market later that day. Tess and one of her siblings takes up the task instead, but Tess falls asleep while on their way there. This causes a collision between their cart and a carriage, one that ends up killing her father's horse.

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* SpellMyNameWithAThe : You say Durbeyfield, I say D'Urberville, let's call the whole thing off!

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* SpellMyNameWithAThe : SoupOfPoverty: Tess' ancestors were once nobility, but they have fallen so far that they now live in poverty. She remarks that they have a silver spoon with the family's coat of arms on it, but it is so worn that her mother uses it to stir the pea soup.
* SpellMyNameWithAThe:
You say Durbeyfield, I say D'Urberville, let's call the whole thing off!
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Tess Durbeyfield is a poor but beautiful peasant girl who lives with her parents and several younger siblings. When her father learns from a genealogist that their surname is really d'Urberville- a family that was of noble lineage-, John drinks so much in celebration that be becomes too inebriated to ride to market later that day. Tess and one of her siblings takes up the task instead, but Tess falls asleep while on their way there. This causes a collision between their cart and a carriage, one that ends up killing her father's horse.

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Tess Durbeyfield is a poor but beautiful peasant girl who lives with her parents and several younger siblings. When her father learns from a genealogist that their surname is really d'Urberville- d'Urberville, a family that was of noble lineage-, lineage, John drinks so much in celebration that be becomes too inebriated to ride to market later that day. Tess and one of her siblings takes up the task instead, but Tess falls asleep while on their way there. This causes a collision between their cart and a carriage, one that ends up killing her father's horse.



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