Tess of the d'Urbervilles / Hardy, Thomas

A young woman finds herself the victim of fate and of forces beyond her control in nineteenth-century England.

Tess Durbeyfield attempts to restore her family's fortunes by claiming their connection with the the aristocratic d'Urbervilles. After Alec d'Urberville seduces her and makes her life miserable, she meets and falls in love with Angel Clare.

Presents Thomas Hardy's novel about a young woman who attempts to restore her family's fortunes, is seduced by a heartless aristocrat, and is punished by society's double standards when she gets a chance at real love.

A young woman finds herself the victim of fate and of forces beyond her control in nineteenth-century England.

The tragic story of Tess, who is victimized by lust, poverty, and Victorian hypocrisy.