Tess of the D'Ubervilles

On a fine May afternoon, the beautiful and innocent Tess Durbeyfield spies a handsome young stranger at a village dance, but he ignores her. Forced by family hardship to seek support from her 'relatives' the D'Urbervilles, apparently an ancient lineage, she falls under the spell of her manipulative 'cousin' Alec - with shocking and lasting consequences.

Tess returns home in confusion and shame after being seduced by her manipulative 'cousin'.

Tess agrees to marry Angel, who confesses to a dishonourable event in his past.

As Tess pleads with Angel to return, she is relentlessly pursued by Alec.