modern lit heroines: tess durbeyfield, tess of the d'urbervillesshe was no longer the milkmaid, but
modern lit heroines: tess durbeyfield, tess of the d'urbervillesshe was no longer the milkmaid, but a visionary essence of woman. he called her artemis, demeter, and other fanciful names half teasingly, which she did not like because she did not understand them. ‘call me tess,’ she would say askance; and he did. -- source link
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