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The young and unworldly Tess is thrown into the clutches of predatory Alec D'Urberville and so begins a series of events that will the shape the course of her whole life. Hardy's masterful tale of tragic romance defied conventional morality and provoked outrage. Over a century on from its first appearance, read in more enlightened times, Tess of the D'Urbervilles has lost none of its power.
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