Tess Of The D Urbervilles Thomas Hardy English Books•Classics The mayor of casterbridge•Far From The Madding Crowd•jude the obscure•the collected poems of thomas hardy
Moby Dick•The old man•Great expectation•Uncle Tom's Cabin•Pride and Prejudice•Wuthering Heights•White Fang•The call of the wild•Oliver twist•Gone with the wind•For whom the Bell Tolls•Emma
“Why didn't you tell me there was danger in men-folk? Why didn't you warn me?” Tess Durbeyfield, the young, graceful and virtuous daughter of a poor peddler, falls prey to the unscrupulous desires of Alec d'Urberville, the rich and licentious heir of the d’Urberville estate where she is sent to work as a farmhand. After giving birth to his son who dies in a few weeks, Tess joins a dairy farm outside the village, working as a milkmaid. Her life seems to change for good when she meets Angel Clare, the progressive son of a parson, who falls in love with her and wants to marry her. But as their wedding date approaches, Tess finds herself on the horns of a dilemma, overshadowed by the bitter truth of her past. A victim of the nineteenth-century English social morality, what sort of future awaits Tess? Received critically by the readers of his era, Thomas Hardy’s Tess of d’Urbervilles is a heart-rending tragedy. Listed among the best-loved novels of all time on The Big Read, a survey conducted by BBC, the novel has undergone numerous adaptations and continues to appeal to its readers.