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First published in 1891, this book is still one of the most sensitive stories we have about the feelings of a young woman.

It is a very sad book: a young girl’s life is slowly, but surely, destroyed – not by her enemies, but by the people who say they love her. What kind of love is this that destroys the thing it loves?

The sadness lies in watching the mistakes happen and being unable to stop them. Tess is a girl who overflows with happiness. Her life could be so happy – but the right man hesitates, and the wrong man finds her first. ‘Don’t let her go!’ we want to shout, or ‘Tell him now, before it’s too late!’

But it is already too late: it happened a hundred years ago – it happens every day. And we can do nothing but watch as the great world turns, destroys Tess, and turns again … as if she had never existed.