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Reading Report of Tess Brief Book Information Tess of the DUrbervilles is written by a famous English novelist, Thomas Hardy. The book I read was published in 1993 by Wordsworth Editions Limited. The book contains 350 pages. Brief Story of the Book The story was about the tragic life of Tess Durbeyfield, the daughter of a poor family. She was sent to work as a maid for D’Urbervilles, because she had to support her poor family. Tess was seduced by Alec, the son of the family which she served for, and then gave birth to a child. However, the child died in infancy, which made her very depressed. After that, she went to work on a dairy farm, and then she was engaged to Angel Clare, the son of a clergyman. On their wedding night, they told each other about their past hoping to be forgiven by each other. However, Clare left her after that because he can’t accept the truth. Then Tess became a labor again. She was insulted and ill-treated by her master. What’s worse, her father’s death and the bad condition of her family drove her to seek help from Alec who was a preacher now, and she can do nothing but to abbey him. Angel Clare came back and wanted to be reconciled to Tess, but the fact that Tess’ living with Alec hindered her from coming back to Clare. At last, Tess killed Alec in despair and she was soon arrested, tried and hanged. My Reflection After reading the story, I was merely shocked by Tess’s miserable and tragic fate. What a lovely and kind girl! She did nothing wrong but she had to bear all these adversities that she didn’t deserve. Tess was the eldest daughter of her family and she had no choice but to bear the responsibility of rallying her family and repaying the debts. She was beautiful, innocent and pure without big ambition or desire for things that didn’t belong to her. Nobody ever doubted that she deserved happiness and peace. But things seldom go on as we expected. Tess was deprived of virginity and she was no longer “pure” as she use