Thomas HardyTess of the d'UrbervillesEtched against the background of
a dying rural society, Tess of the d'Urbervilles was Thomas Hardy's
"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 men--Alec d'Urberville, a
wealthy, dissolute young man who seduces her in a lonely wood, and
Angel Clare, her provincial, moralistic, and unforgiving
husband--Tess 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 woman's 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 d'Urbervilles 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 d'Urberville.
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