num_pages: 508
description: When Tess D'urbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles, meeting her 'cousin' Alec proves to be her downfall. Angel Clare, seems to offer her love, but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent in the hope of a peaceful future. This is one of the most poetic of Hardy's novels.
language: English
title: Tess of the D'Urbervilles
titlecomplete: Tess of the D'Urbervilles
characters: Alec D'Urberville, Angel Clare, Tess Durbeyfield
genres: Historical Fiction, Novels, Literature, Victorian, Classic Literature, Classics, British Literature, Romance, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 276762
places: Dorset, England, United Kingdom
publisher: Penguin Classics