The Washington Post, September 13th, 1998
In the first chapter of Thomas Hardy's novel "Tess of the D'Urbervilles," a drunken ne'er-do-well learns that he is related to one of the oldest, most esteemed families in the county. Teetering home, Jack Durbeyfield devises a scheme to beg money from the distant family whose name is so similar: the D'Urbervilles. And he decides to send his eldest daughter, the beautiful Tess, to accomplish that task. Thus sets off a passionate, powerful tale wherein Tess experiences terrible fortune, and spells of joy as well. Justine Waddell portrays Hardy's heroine in the newest adaptation of the 1891 novel...
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