Thursday, September 18, 2008

The farm girl that inspired Hardy's "Tess of the D'urbervilles..."


The TV adaptation of Thomas Hardy's romantic saga Tess of the D'urbervilles is topping the ratings. And now a photograph of the the real-life inspiration for the central character is published for the first time.

Augusta Way was 'Tess Durbeyfield' of the novel. In the book, Tess was the eldest daughter in a poor, rural working family - a fresh, pretty country girl with a good heart and a sensitive soul. 

The middle-aged woman pictured (above) with her husband, was just 18 when Hardy spotted her milking a cow on a Wessex farm. More...

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