长篇小说《德伯家的苔丝》是英国著名小说家和诗人托马斯·哈代（1840－1928）的代表作   
yesterday, I read the novel called "Tess of the D'urbevilles". written by a famous Englishwriter Thomas Hardy. 
The novel tells a story about a pretty and good girl called Tess, who lived in a village in Marlott. To her sadness, when she was seventeen, she was no longer a pure and untouched girl. She gave birth to a baby, which didn't live long. So Tess changed from a pure gir l to a grown —up. 
Because she was the eldest of the 7 children in the family, she found a job to support the whole family in a dairy.There she knew Angel and married him. But unluckily. when Angel knew her sad story, he left her and went to Brazil.Tess led a hard an d lonely life after that. Later when she knew Angel had retumed home and found out that 
she was living with the man who had given the damage to her before,Tess couldn't accept the fact and killed the man who was living with her.  
Then she escaped and spent together with Angel three days and nights. The police found them on the moming of the fourth day. A few days later, Tess was executed. 
Having read this novel, I like the heroine very much because of her purity, warmness, nobility and the spirit of devotion, She dared to fight against the evil, bravely seek and sturggle for the rights of love. 
Thomas Hardy was famous for the poetical novels. "Tess of the D'urbevilles"is one of this kind. The novel is so fresh that it is nearly like a poem. For nearly a century, it has been popular with the people all over the world.