Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Author:  Thomas Hardy

Format: Hardcover | 512 pages

Dimensions: 5 x 1.25 x 7.5 inches

Publication date: September 8, 2020

Alec Stoke-d'Urberville rapes Tess. She returns home, where she gives birth to a child who soon dies. Tess becomes a milkmaid at the Talbothays Dairy, where she falls in love with Angel Clare, a young intellectual she met years before. On their wedding night, Angel learns about Tess's past and abandons her. Angel leaves for Brazil, then returns to find that Tess has killed Alec. Tess is arrested and hanged.