Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented — Chapter I • Paragraph 2829
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Angel’s original intention had not been emigration to Brazil but a northern or eastern farm in his own country. He had come to this place in a fit of desperation, the Brazil movement among the English agriculturists having by chance coincided with his desire to escape from his past existence.