Tess 【World Youth Literature Classics Collection (Illustrated Edition)】

Author: Thomas Hardy
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: Tess of the d'Urbervilles is one of Hardy's finest novels. The protagonist, Tess, a beautiful and kind-hearted young woman, works in a landlord's estate due to her impoverished background. She is violated by the landlord's son, Alec, and returns to her hometown pregnant. After her child dies, she becomes a milkmaid at another dairy farm and falls in love with Clare. On their wedding night, Tess is abandoned by her husband after confessing her past violation. Later, to help her poor family, Tess falls into Alec's hands again and lives with him. However, at this time, her husband returns to her from Brazil. In remorse and anger, Tess kills Alec. During her escape, she spends a few wonderful days with her husband before being sent to the gallows. The renowned British critic Alvarez once remarked, "Tess of the d'Urbervilles is a poetically written novel, as beautiful and poetic as a poem: every detail is essential, and every passage is filled with emotion."