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1、PrefacetotheFifthandLaterEditionsThisnovelbeingonewhereinthegreatcampaignoftheheroinebeginsafteraneventinherexperiencewhichhasusuallybeentreatedasfataltoherpartofprotagonist,oratleastasthevirtualendingofherenterprisesandhopes,itwasquitecontrarytoavowedconventionsthatthepublicshouldwelcomethebook,and
2、agreewithmeinholdingthattherewassomethingmoretobesaidinfictionthanhadbeensaidabouttheshadedsideofawell-knowncatastrophe.ButtheresponsivespiritinwhichTessofthed'UrbervilleshasbeenreceivedbythereadersofEnglandandAmerica,wouldseemtoprovethattheplanoflayingdownastoryonthelinesoftacitopinion,insteadofmak
3、ingittosquarewiththemerelyvocalformulaeofsociety,isnotaltogetherawrongone,evenwhenexemplifiedinsounequalandpartialanachievementasthepresent.ForthisresponsivenessIcannotrefrainfromexpressingmythanks;andmyregretisthat,inaworldwhereonesooftenhungersinvainforfriendship,whereevennottobewilfullymisunderst
4、oodisfeltasakindness,Ishallnevermeetinpersontheseappreciativereaders,maleandfemale,andshakethembythehand.Iincludeamongstthemthereviewers-byfarthemajority-whohavesogenerouslywelcomedthetale.Theirwordsshowthatthey,liketheothers,haveonlytoolargelyrepairedmydefectsofnarrationbytheirownimaginativeintuiti
5、on.Nevertheless,thoughthenovelwasintendedtobeneitherdidacticnoraggressive,butinthescenicpartstoberepresentativesimply,andinthecontemplativetobeoftenerchargedwithimpressionsthanwithconvictions,therehavebeenobjectorsbothtothematterandtotherendering.Themoreaustereofthesemaintainaconscientiousdifference
6、ofopinionconcerning,amongotherthings,subjectsfitforart,andrevealaninabilitytoassociatetheideaofthesub-titleadjectivewithanybuttheartificialandderivativemeaningwhichhasresultedtoitfromtheordinancesofcivilization.TheyignorethemeaningofthewordinNature,togetherwithallaestheticclaimsuponit,nottomentionth
7、espiritualinterpretationaffordedbythefinestsideoftheirownChristianity.Othersdissentongroundswhichareintrinsicallynomorethananassertionthatthenovelembodiestheviewsoflifeprevalentattheendofthenineteenth
