Comparision of Tess, Jane and Maggie

Tess is a beautiful country girl of a poor peasant¡¯s family. Jane who is a plain orphan, has no

family or friends, no wealth or position, living herself as a governess. Maggie¡¯s the daughter of a

miller in the English midlands. Though they were created by different authors and appeared in

different books,I often imagine they live in the different places of England at the same time.

Tess has all of the virtues of the laborers. She is industrious, innocent. At the beginning of the

novel, the heroin Tess knows nothing but help her parents as much as possible she uses, ¡°as soon

as she left school, to lend a hand at hay making or harvesting on neighboring farms; or, by

preference, at milking or butter-making processes,¡± to support the family and take care of her

little sisters and brothers. Different from some other country girls, she has been educated; she is

cleverer than others. And this is just one of the reasons why Angel falls in love wi...