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"A Pure Woman" of an 1891 novel (4)

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I believe the answer is:

tess

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">a pure woman of an 1891 novel</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for tess that I've seen before include "Hardy's Durbeyfield heroine" , "20 heroine" , "Lady" , "- - of the d'Urbervilles" , "tragic heroine" .)

I've seen this clue in the USA Today.
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