Tess of the D'urbervilles, by Thomas Hardy, is all about a young girl named Tess Durbeyfield who is out to help her family. She is out with the family's horse one day, when the horse is stabbed and killed. She feels terrible. A while after the accident, her parents find out they have, or they think they have, wealthy relatives not too far away.
Tess is sent to go meet this family and gain a relationship, so eventually these "relatives" will lend them some money. Tess runs into Alec D'urberville, and is terrified of him. She stays at the house for a little while to work, but leaves after not too long to return back home.
Tess spends the summer with her family, but then leaves to go work on a dairy farm the next year. While at the dairy farm, Tess falls in love with another worker, Angel Clare. They eventually get married, and Tess continues on with her life.
Will Tess and Mr. Clare last? What will happen? Where did Alec end up? Read the book to find out more!
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