TY - BOOK AU - Hardy, Thomas TI - Tess of the D'Urbervilles T2 - Penguin Classics S SN - 9780140435146 U1 - Fiction PY - 1998/// PB - Penguin Books Ltd N1 - Tess is driven by her poverty into the service of her wealthy relations. Her lowly position leads her to become the victim of her cousin, Alec, her seducer and nemesis. When she marries Angel Clare, she confesses her past, but Clare is unforgiving and cruelly leaves her to face her destiny alone ER -