Yes, Tess is the name of the very ill-fated character in Tess of the D'urbevilles but quite a few tragic heroines have pretty names: Juliet, Isolde, Anna Karenina, Lily Bart, Emma Bovary etc...What I'd like to say is don't let it put you off! You could find an unfortunate character for every name.
― Anonymous User 12/16/2022
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Tess Monaghan is the private eye protagonist of a popular series of detective novels by Laura Lippman. As of this date, there have been 12 novels in the series.
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Tess Tyler is a character is the 2008 Disney Channel movie 'Camp Rock' and its 2010 sequel. She is portrayed by Meaghan Jette Martin (1992-present).
― Anonymous User 5/2/2012
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English television presenter Tess Daly is a famous bearer.
Tess is a beautiful name. Tess of the D'ubervilles was a beautifully written story with an amazing protagonist. Tess is a very poor country girl, but even worse she is extremely beautiful. This attracts unwanted attention from suitors and she ends up being raped and inpregnated. At one point in the story she shaves her eyebrows and wears a veil over her face to discourage people from looking at her. I was always under the impression that, in this story, Tess was short for Contessa. Maybe I was wrong.