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Google Lit Trip Information for Tess

Phase One: The Maiden

Start: Webutuck High School
Pin #1: “Marlott” aka Marnhull, Dorset—Tess’ home
Pin #2 “Stourcastle” aka Sturminster Newton, Dorset—it was on her way through here that Tess falls asleep and Prince dies
Pin #3 “Trantridge” aka Pentridge, Dorset—where the Stokes-D’Urbervilles live
Pin #4 “Chaseborough” aka Cranborne, Dorset—the town where Tess and the rest of Alec’s employees go to the dance/festival
Pin #5 “The Chase”—“ancient woods just north of Trantridge where Tess is ultimately raped by Alec

Other Places mentioned
· “Vale of Blackmoor” aka Blackmore Vale, Dorset—north of Tess’ home in “Marlott”
· “Kingsbere-sub-Greenhill” aka the allusion being Bere Regis village beneath the slopes of Woodbury Hill (“Kinsbere” aka Bere Regis, Dorset)
· “Casterbridge” aka Dorchester, Dorset

Phase Two: Maiden No More


Pin #6 “Marlott” aka Marnhull, Dorset—Tess returns home a soiled woman because she does not love Alec

Other Places mentioned
  • “Rollivers Inn”aka Blackmore Vale Inn, Burton Street, Marnhull, Dorset

Phase Three: The Rally
Pin #7 “Talbothays” aka Lower Lewell Farm, West Knighton, Dorset…by way of
Ø “Stourcastle” aka Sturminster Newton, Dorset
Ø “Weatherbury” aka Puddletown, Dorset
Ø “Casterbridge” aka Dorchester, Dorset

Other places mentioned
· “Egdon Heath” aka the south Dorset heath stretching from Hardy's birthplace to Poole
· “Kinsbere” aka Bere Regis, Dorset—where Tess’ ancestor’s are buried
· “Froom River” aka River Frome, Dorset
· “Emminster” aka Beaminster, Dorset