This volume is part of a series of novels, plays and stories intended for use at A Level. The complete, original text is accompanied by an introduction, activities for before, during and after study, as well as notes. When Tess is sent to work for an unknown relative, no-one realizes how her life will change. Caught up in a vicious circle of dependency and betrayal, her hopes of happiness are shattered. Can a pure woman be saved by someone else's change of heart?