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Thomas Hardy Tess of the dUrbervilles Etched against the background of a dying rural society, Tess of the dUrbervilles was Thomas Hardys bestseller, and Tess Durbeyfield remains his most striking and tragic heroine. Of all the characters he created, she meant the most to him. Hopelessly torn between two menAlec dUrberville, a wealthy, dissolute young man who sed Thomas Hardy Tess of the dUrbervilles Etched against the background of a dying rural society, Tess of the dUrbervilles was Thomas Hardys bestseller, and Tess Durbeyfield remains his most striking and tragic heroine. Of all the characters he created, she meant the most to him. Hopelessly torn between two menAlec dUrberville, a wealthy, dissolute young man who seduces her in a lonely wood, and Angel Clare, her provincial, moralistic, and unforgiving husbandTess escapes from her vise of passion through a horrible, desperate act. Like the greatest characters in literature, Tess lives beyond the final pages of the book as a permanent citizen of the imagination, said Irving Howe. In Tess he stakes everything on his sensuous apprehension of a young womans life, a girl who is at once a simple milkmaid and an archetype of feminine strength. . . . Tess is that rare creature in literature: goodness made interesting. Now Tess of the dUrbervilles has been brought to television in a magnificent new co-production from A&E Network and London Weekend Television. Justine Waddell Anna Karenina stars as the tragic heroine, Tess Oliver Milburn Chandler & Co. is Angel Clare and Jason Flemyng is Alec dUrberville.