HarperCollins je zhodný s prítomnosťou svojho nového rozsahu najlepšieho lovedu, essential classics. 'My life looks as if it had been wasted for want of chances! When I see what you know, what you read, and seen, and thought, I feel what a nothing I am!' Challenging hypocrisiou a sociálnou konvenciou Russian Victorian world, Tess of D'Urbervilles follows story of Tess Durbeyfield as she attempts k úniku poverty of her background, seeking wealth by claiming connection with aristocratic D'Urberville family. Je to cez Tess relationships s dvoma veľmi odlišnými mužmi, ktoré Hardy zaraďujú do svojej tragickej heroínu, a ukazujú dvojité štandardy sveta, ktoré sa inhabits s šikmým pathos a heart-rending sentiment.