Tess of the D´Urbervilles

This book is considered a major nineteenth-century English novel and possibly Hardy's fictional masterpiece.

Tess of the D´Urbervilles de Thomas Hardy.

Burlington Books.1998

“It was evening in the little village of Marlott, in the southwest of England, an a tired old man in torn clothes was walking home…”

When the Durbeyfield family´s circumstances  become desperate, their young daughter, Tess tries to find a solution to their problem. Hoping to earn money for help her family, she goes to work for a wealthy relative. There she meets Alec  and the rest of Tess ´ life changed .

In this novel Thomas Hardy introduced a sympathetic portrayal of a “fallen woman” and  it was initially refused publication. This writer is well-known for his critical position about Victorian society.