Tess of the d'Urbervilles ~ Thomas Hardy

Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy is a novel about a country girl named Tess who is sent off to live with a relative as a ‘claim kin’ because of her parents’ financial problems. Tess meets with tragedy at her new home and the story unfolds from there. As with Far from the Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy challenged the sexual mores of the prudish Victorian period with this story.