概要

The novel tells the story of the heroine Tess was born in a poor peddler family, her parents asked her to go to a rich old woman's home to marry relatives, she was seduced by the young master Alec, and then she fell in love and got engaged to the pastor's son Claire, on the wedding night she confessed her former misfortune to her husband, but could not be forgiven, the two separated, the husband went to Brazil, a few years later, Tess again meets Alec, who haunts her, and by this time she is forced to live with her enemy because of her poor family. Soon Clare returns from abroad and regrets to his wife his past ruthlessness. On this occasion, Tess bitterly feels that Alec d 'Urberville has caused her to lose Angel for a second time and kills him in anger. She was eventually captured and hanged.