That same day, Tess participates in the village May Dance, where she meets Angel Clare, youngest son of Reverend James Clare, who is on a walking tour with his two brothers.

Although the other milkmaids are sick with love for him, Angel soon singles out Tess, and the two gradually fall in love.

Angel returns to Talbothays Dairy and asks Tess to marry him.

This puts Tess in a painful dilemma: Angel obviously thinks her a virgin and, although she does not want to deceive him, she shrinks from confessing lest she lose his love and admiration.

Tess resolves to deceive Angel no more, and writes a letter describing her dealings with d ' Urberville and slips it under his door.

When she hears this story, Tess feels sure that Angel will forgive her own history, and finally tells him about what Alec did to her.

Angel begins to repent his treatment of Tess.

Angel, totally disheartened, has left Sandbourne ; Tess hurries after him and tells him that she has killed Alec, saying that she hopes she has won his forgiveness by murdering the man who ruined both their lives.

At the end, when Tess and Angel come to Stonehenge, commonly believed in Hardy's time to be a pagan temple, she willingly lies down on an altar, thus fulfilling her destiny as a human sacrifice.

** 1924: Another lost silent version made with Blanche Sweet ( Tess ), Stuart Holmes ( Alec ), and Conrad Nagel ( Angel ).

** 1979: Roman Polanski's film Tess with Nastassja Kinski ( Tess ), Leigh Lawson ( Alec ), and Peter Firth ( Angel ).

** 1952: BBC TV, directed by Michael Henderson, and starring Barbara Jefford ( Tess ), Michael Aldridge ( Alec ), and Donald Eccles ( Angel ).

** 1960: ITV, ITV Play of the Week, " Tess ", directed by Michael Currer-Briggs, and starring Geraldine McEwan ( Tess ), Maurice Kaufmann ( Alec ), and Jeremy Brett ( Angel ).

** 1998: London Weekend Television's three-hour mini-series Tess of the D ' Urbervilles, directed by Ian Sharp, and starring Justine Waddell ( Tess ), Jason Flemyng ( Alec ), and Oliver Milburn ( Angel ), the latter himself Dorset-born.

The cast included Gemma Arterton ( Tess ), Hans Matheson ( Alec ), Eddie Redmayne ( Angel ), Ruth Jones ( Joan ), Anna Massey ( Mrs. d ' Urberville ), and Kenneth Cranham ( Reverend James Clare ).

Sleepwalking features in Thomas Hardy's novel Tess of the d ' Urbervilles, where it is ascribed to Angel Clare's " deep distress and confusion ".

* Angel Clare, a character in the novel Tess of the d ' Urbervilles by Thomas hardy

Through four decades of acting, she is best known for playing Tess, the lead role on the 1994-2003 television show Touched by an Angel.

After coping with the death of one of her best friends, Redd Foxx, in 1991, she was reluctant to play an older female lead in the inspirational television drama Touched by an Angel, but went ahead and auditioned for the role of " Tess ".

William Dewy also makes a brief appearance in Hardy's later novel Tess of the d ' Urbervilles: he is featured in a brief anecdote about ' old Wessex ' that Dairyman Crick shares with Tess, Angel Clare and the rest of the dairymen and milkmaids.

When Sam initially believes Tess is pregnant with their child, he is thrilled, but upon meeting Chris, he is at first unconvinced about taking on an unrelated orphan with whom he cannot even communicate.

Tess only learns of this upon her return, when she goes to change for photographers only to discover the men and their belongings are all missing.

Tess arrives alone, only to be told that her aunt and her father are to be married that night, after 15 years of " making the same mistake " and saying nothing of their attraction.

Alec and Tess are each shaken by their encounter, and Alec begs Tess never to tempt him again as they stand beside an ill-omened stone monument called the Cross-in-Hand.

* The British comedy troupe Monty Python mention Tess of the d ' Urbervilles on their 1973 comedy record album Monty Python's Matching Tie and Handkerchief on the track " Novel Writing ", in which Thomas Hardy writes Return of the Native before a live audience.

* 2012: Tess of the d ' Urbervilles is produced into a piece of musical theatre by the Youth Music Theatre UK as part of their summer season.

Days later, Tess and Jack gatecrash Trask's ( Philip Bosco ) daughter ’ s ( Barbara Garrick ) wedding and pitch their plan.

Clan of Xymox, who had returned to their 1980s sound, following almost a decade as the more synthpop Xymox, also signed to Tess in 1997.

It is speculated that the regional and national party forced Clarke out and selected their own candidate Tess Scott on an all women short list against the local party's wishes and outside of the Labour Party rules.

Monica and Tess bring them messages of hope from God and help give them guidance towards making their decision.

During their first episode, the pair receive a red 1972 Cadillac Eldorado convertible as a gift ; they use it for transportation throughout the rest of the series while in the human world, with Tess doing the driving.

The character of Tess was the angelic supervisor who sent the other angels out on missions to help people redeem their lives and show them God's love, while at the same time, she was sassy and had a no-nonsense attitude.

The murder and the hunt for the killer upset the lives of two families in particular: On the one hand, there is Alex Daniels and his two young sons ; on the other hand, Mick and Tess and their four children are also badly affected by what is happening in the wake of the tragedy.

Mick, Tess and their three remaining kids move away from the seaside town while Alex marries again.

Maureen helps her mother take care of their younger sister, Missy, while their mother Abigail ( Tess Harper ) is pregnant with the Trant's fourth child.

Set in Los Angeles, California the plot revolves around Emily Tyler ( Ashley Olsen ), who enjoys surfing, and her twin sister Tess ( Mary-Kate Olsen ), a member of a high diving team, who try various stratagems to get their widower father Max, a talented artist and sculptor, a girlfriend.

After all their attempts end in failure, Tess and Emily – with a little help from their friend, Cody ( who takes a romantic interest in Tess ) – decide to paint an advertisement on a giant billboard situated high above Sunset Boulevard.

The problem was that Tess didn't understand why Max, Michael and Isabel didn't use their powers, and instead, were afraid of the alien hunters.

Listening to the words of the wedding ceremony encourages Tess to attempt a reconciliation with Sam.

The wedding goes smoothly although a bad omen of a cock crowing in the afternoon is noticed by Tess.

Ben is renamed Harry, the children's father is deceased, and Tess, a somewhat stuffy psychologist and author, has her father staying with her as he visits in advance of her Saturday wedding to fiancé / literary agent Ryan, played by Mark Harmon.