Introduction to Tess of the D 'Urbervilles What is the introduction to Tess of the D 'Urbervilles?

Tess of the D 'Urbervilles is a novel by British writer Hardy and one of the novels in the Wessex series.

2. The novel tells that the heroine Tess was born in a poor vendor family, and her parents asked her to visit relatives in a rich old woman's house. As a result, she was seduced by her young master Alec. Later, she fell in love with the priest's son Claire and got engaged. On her wedding night, she confessed her past misfortune to her husband, but she could not be forgiven. They separated and her husband went to Brazil. A few years later, Tess met Alec again, who pestered her. At this time, because of her poor family, she had to live with her enemy. Claire came back from abroad soon and regretted her wife's past ruthlessness. In this case, Tess felt painfully that Alec d 'Urberville made her lose Claire for the second time and killed him angrily. At last she was arrested and hanged.

Hardy called the heroine "a pure woman" in the subtitle of the novel, which openly challenged the hypocritical social morality in Victorian times.