Tess of the D’UrbervillesHarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best loved, essential classics. My life looks as if it had been wasted for want of chances! When I see what you know, what you have read, and seen, and thought, I feel what a nothing I am! Challenging the hypocrisy and social conventions of the rural Victorian world, Tess of the DUrbervilles follows the story of Tess Durbeyfield as she attempts to escape the poverty of her background by seeking wealth