The first is a collection of short stories, presenting the author

In general, this Victorian (English 1800 and much) loved protagonists create super good people, those with which we are identified early in the first, and then spend the entire book destroying the life of (a) unhappy. Happy ending is definitely something you will NOT find in his books, as far as I know.
The first is a collection of short stories, presenting the author's favorite themes: Victorian prejudices and how they are stupid and Tools people's lives, ill-fated loves, disappointments, failures and hopes dashed. Good people who can not marry because of artificial and disgusting social conventions, career projects destroyed re bell by pettiness and littleness re bell of man and other such stuff.
All heroes and protagonists die or lead a life of destroçante failure, while the villains and secondary characters are filthy good. A tremendous collection of lessons in real life, the time of its first publication.
No kidding! The father of Teresa Durbeyfield (Tess, for friends) was a useless pinguço, and had the bad fate to cross path with a priest (Anglican, remember that we are in Victorian England) who liked to waste your time studying pedigrees. The priest fell into such imbecility to inform the wino that he was descended from the Norman nobility, the clan of the D'Urberville. For the boozer back to the bar, drink spun and sends them to carry him back home in litter, only for you to see the size of the monguice distinct.
From then on, only downhill for poor Tess. The malucão discovers a little farther there is a name given by D'Urberville some counties below (spoiler spoiler: they were parvenus who bought surname to give some dignity to money) family, and convince re bell the whole family that would be a good send Tess, who was the eldest daughter, to talk to them and ask for a little re bell help, since they are relatives.
Not for the mother say something, why Joan Durbeyfield, although did not drink, was so cooked as hubby. Poor Tess ... There she goes, that is just with the "man of the house": Alec D'Urberville, one mama's boy (widow, blind and uninformed - Alec did what he wanted with the money and properties, servants inclusive) eater employed.
Tess has her calf, working on the farm made a doomed, see your puppy die, still working on the farm made a doomed and eventually have to migrate to another county to continue working without the rest of his family fuck with his disgrace ( Victorian scrotums ...).
Arriving in another county, work-work-work until you get a seemingly good guy. She tries not to like him, because he knows the head of macharal and the people of her time, but fails and falls four and mouth on grass. Comrade, unaware of her history, also falls aboxonado.
She tries to warn him of his past, before it happens something re bell more serious, but Nooooo, there would be a book of Thomas Hardy if she could warn him in time. The two marry, she finally tells him his misfortune (detail, after he said he had spent two days without re bell eating a Fulaninha married a couple of years ago) and he SURTA.
Angel Claire re bell (this is the name of this guy) just SURTA, re bell sleeps in a separate bed, almost kills Tess on a sleepwalking and add to BRAZIL, you see. Spends a year here before returning, and never gives news to Tess, who spends a life of dog sucking mango beneath tamarind tree, working like a slave to sustain itself in a county with more scrotum climate re bell across England.
When Claire Angel is back to Brazil, Alec D'Urberville (why is that motherfucker motherfucker ALWAYS BACK IN TIME WORST in the books of Thomas Hardy) reappears, torments the lives of Tess and purchase todinha her family to convince -la to become his mistress (as she was already the wife Claire Angel). The unfortunate Tess resists a couple of months, until Alec loose the last card: "Would you like your brothers and sisters have cool and happy lives, let me buy it for them, just that you are mine." Well, as the father died and the mother is a useless leaning dog, Tess had no choice.
Because after that, Angel finally solves FORGIVE Tess (look at the impudence of the boy ... Ah, a cage!) And look for it. Finds her living with Alec, and she tells of all the misfortune re bell that befell her. Yeah, for doom little protagonist of TH is silly.
Subsequently, Tess pyre in potato, cata one fishwife in the kitchen, Alec calls of Count Dracula and sticks his machete to the hilt in his heart. Roupitcha swap in and out looking cheerful and lampeira Angel.
Finds him, tells what he did, fleeing together for a while, find an abandoned cottage re bell and live a little re bell honey-moon (a minute of joy to the poor protagonist, since she already tin