Tess of the D'Ubervilles

A love story, made impossible by a rape that took place in the past, ending in the murder of the rapist, and the execution of Tess.

• Tess Durbeyfield (d'Uberville)
• Ange Clare
• Alec d'Uberville

Phase the First: the Maiden

Phase the Second: Maiden no More

Phase the Third: the Rally

Phase the Fourth: the Consequence

He felt that single-minded and self-sacrificing as his parents were there yet existed certain latent prejudices of their, as middle-class people, which it would require some tact to overcome.

Phase the Fifth: the Woman Pays

Phase the Sixth: the Convert

Phase the Seventh: Fulfilment