This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices. Now widely recognized as Thomas Hardy’s masterpiece, this tragic story of virtue destroyed is one of the most moving and unforgettable novels in English literature. An earnest suitor named Angel Clare offers hope for salvation, but Tess must decide whether to confess her sins to the minister’s son-or bury them forever.įirst published in 1891, Tess of the D’Urbervilles scandalized Victorian readers with its frank depictions of female sexuality and its impassioned criticism of social conventions. The parson addresses the impoverished Durbeyfield as 'Sir John,' and remarks that he has just learned that the Durbeyfields are descended from the d'Urbervilles, a family once renowned in England. Reluctantly, Tess agrees, but when she falls prey to the manipulations of Alec D’Urberville, the widow’s dissolute son, her search for love and happiness takes a disastrous turn. Thomas Hardy 's Tess of the d'Urbervilles begins with the chance meeting between Parson Tringham and John Durbeyfield. A young woman struggles against tradition and circumstance in this novel of love, class, and deceit from the author of Far from the Madding Crowd.Ĭonvinced that his impoverished family has noble connections, John Durbeyfield implores his daughter, Tess, to visit the wealthy Mrs.
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