When the Durbeyfields send their daughter Tess to pursue a tenuous family connection with the wealthy DUrbervilles in the hope of improving their fortunes, Tesss life is changed irrevocably. A manipulative friendship with her cousin ends in a shocking act of betrayal, and Tess is forced to return home shamed and outcast. Hope of real love arrives when Tess meets kind pa When the Durbeyfields send their daughter Tess to pursue a tenuous family connection with the wealthy DUrbervilles in the hope of improving their fortunes, Tesss life is changed irrevocably. A manipulative friendship with her cousin ends in a shocking act of betrayal, and Tess is forced to return home shamed and outcast. Hope of real love arrives when Tess meets kind parsons son Angel Clare and it seems happiness is finally within her reach. Yet, in a society of twisted morality and in the ever-looming shadow of Tesss past, will Angel Clare accept her?