Tess of the d’Urbervilles

Thomas Hardy

Tess of the d’Urbervilles — Thomas Hardy’s novel follows Tess Durbeyfield, the eldest daughter of a poor rural family whose supposed noble ancestry leads her toward the wealthy d’Urbervilles. Across the changing countryside of Wessex, her encounters with Alec d’Urberville and Angel Clare test love, class, responsibility, social judgment, and personal dignity without revealing the outcome.