Tess of The D’ Urbervilles

“Did it never strike your mind that what every womansays some women may feel?”Set in the thriving countryside of England this is the story of avibrant young girl Tess who was leading a life of considerableagency freedom happiness and aspirations.However everything changed when her family discovered they weredescendants of nobility and inherited the heavy and consequentialsurname of d’Urberville. Suddenly Tess from the countrysidebecame Tess d’Urberville and with that name came the restrictionsof England’s upper-class society.She could no longer think act or live on her own terms. Conformingto her new reality began to stifle and drain her spirit. The finalnail in the coffin was her encounter with Alec d’Urberville whichirrevocably altered the course of her life.Written with profound emotional depth and thought-provokingprose Tess’s journey is an ode to women and a call to never give upon the power they hold within.