Tess is an innocent young girl until the day she goes to visit her rich 'relatives', the D'Urbervilles.

Her encounter with her manipulative cousin, Alec, leads her onto a path that is beset with suffering and betrayal.

When she falls in love with another man, Angel Clare, Tess sees a potential escape from her past, but only if she can tell him her shameful secret... 'Gloriously physical, full of passion and irony, humour and tenderness' Anne Michaels