description: Tess is an innocent young girl until the day she goes to visit her rich relatives, the D'Urbervilles, in the hope that they might help her alleviate her own family's poverty. Her encounter with her manipulative cousin, Alec, leads to suffering and betrayal. When she falls in love with another man, Angel Clare, Tess sees a potential escape from her past, but only if she can tell him her shameful secret...
language: English
title: Tess of the D'Urbervilles
titlecomplete: Tess of the D'Urbervilles
characters: Angel Clare, Tess Durbeyfield, Alec D'Urberville
genres: Romance, British Literature, Historical Fiction, Classic Literature, 19th Century, Classics, Novels, Fiction, Literature, Victorian
ratings_count: 276859
places: Dorset, England, United Kingdom
publisher: Signet Classics