num_pages: 448
description: Hardy tells the story of Tess Durbeyfield, a young peasant woman living with her impoverished family in Wessex, southwestern English county. After the family learns of their connection to the wealthy d'Urbervilles, they send Tess to claim a portion of their fortune.
language: English
title: Tess of the d'Urbervilles
titlecomplete: Tess of the d'Urbervilles
characters: Alec D'Urberville, Angel Clare, Tess Durbeyfield
genres: Fiction, 19th Century, Classics, British Literature, Classic Literature, Historical Fiction, Romance, Literature, Victorian, Novels
ratings_count: 276756
places: United Kingdom, Dorset, England
publisher: Cambridge University Press/Cambridge Literature