In the comments of contemporary literature, it is very high that people appraise to this novel. For instance Claude Simon says that Tess helps Hardy establish his position in world literature. However it has caused great controversy at that ...

Tess of the D’Urbervilles is one of the great works of Thomas Hardy. It can be regarded as one of the greatest tragedies in prose in the history of English literature. And the author Hardy is one of the most important novelists in the Vict...