When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune, meeting her 'cousin' Alec proves to be her downfall. A very different man, Angel Clare, seems to offer her love and salvation, but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent in the hope of a peaceful future. With its sensitive depiction of the wronged Tess and powerful criticism of social convention, Tess of the D'Urbervilles is one of the most moving and poetic of Hardy's novels.
One of the greatest love stories ever told, beautifully repackaged for a modern teen audience
Loved TWILIGHT? Then you'll adore Tess of the d'Urbervilles.
Tess is a good woman. But in her time and her place, being good - and being a woman - is not enough to find justice in a world dominated by powerful men, and even more powerful traditions. When Tess falls in love with Angel, she cannot imagine the heartbreak that will follow. or the lengths she will have to go to in order to prove the strength of her heart.
