Tess of the d'Urbervilles: An Authoritative Text, Hardy and the Novel- Criticism (Norton Critical Edition)

Tess is a beautiful country girl whose family is poverty stricken. She works for the DUrbervilles, they sharing the same surname, to make a living but unfortunately is raped by the son of that family and gives birth to a son. For this ""sin"", Tess gets being looked down upon. Under social pressure and with the death of the infant, Tess transfers to work in a dairy farm and mets there Angel Clare, the son of a pastor. They fall in love and get married. On the wedding night, her confession results in being abandoned by her husband, who goes to Brazil thereafter. Tess waits for him but he doent come back, and forces to become the lover of Alec later. And when Angel comes back for her, Tess murders Alec. They run away and finally are caught. Tess ends in being sentenced to death.