Tess Of The D'Urbervilles Av Thomas Hardy

<p><b>The Penguin English Library Edition of <i>Tess of the D''Urbervilles </i>by Thomas Hardy<br></b><br><b>"I would be content, ay, glad, to live with you as your servant, if I may not as your wife; so that I could only be near you, and get glimpses of you, and think of you as mine ... I long for only one thing in heaven or earth or under the earth, to meet you, my own dear! Come to me - come to me, and save me from what threatens me!"</b><br><br>When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D''Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune, meeting her ''cousin'' Alec proves to be her downfall. A very different man, Angel Clare, seems to offer her love and salvation, but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent in the hope of a peaceful future. With its sensitive depiction of the wronged Tess and powerful criticism of social convention, <i>Tess of the D''Urbervilles</i> is one of the most moving and poetic of Hardy''s