# Liza-Lu — Tess of the d’Urbervilles character guide

> Liza-Lu in Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Lu, Elizabeth, Liza, ’Liza

**First appearance:** 0005-ii

## Who they are

Tess's younger sister, a girl in a triangular shawl who carries the baby across the harvest field and grows into her sister's living echo.

## Relationships

### [Tess Durbeyfield](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tess_of_the_d_urbervilles_se/characters/tess_durbeyfield)

_family_

Liza-Lu is Tess's younger sister, whom Tess entrusts to Angel after her own death.

### [Tess Durbeyfield](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tess_of_the_d_urbervilles_se/characters/tess_durbeyfield)

_family_

Liza-Lu is Tess's younger sister, whom Tess entrusts to Angel after her own death.

### [Tess Durbeyfield](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tess_of_the_d_urbervilles_se/characters/tess_durbeyfield)

_family_

Liza-Lu is Tess's younger sister, whom Tess entrusts to Angel after her own death.

## In the story

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tess_of_the_d_urbervilles_se/chapters/iii)

Put to bed by Tess while she goes to the inn.

### [The Ruin of Prince](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tess_of_the_d_urbervilles_se/chapters/iv)

Mourns Prince's death along with the other children.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tess_of_the_d_urbervilles_se/chapters/vii)

One of the younger children accompanying Tess on her departure.

### [Phase the Second: Maiden No More](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tess_of_the_d_urbervilles_se/chapters/phase-the-second-maiden-no-more)

Liza-Lu is Tess's younger sister, who provides a contrast to Tess's experience and represents innocence.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tess_of_the_d_urbervilles_se/chapters/xiv)

Helps Tess by holding the baby during the harvest and later participates in the baptism.

### [XLIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tess_of_the_d_urbervilles_se/chapters/xlix)

Liza-Lu arrives at Tess's lodging, exhausted, to inform Tess that their mother is dying.

### [L](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tess_of_the_d_urbervilles_se/chapters/l)

Works with Tess on the allotment before being sent home; later informs Tess of their father's death.

### [LI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tess_of_the_d_urbervilles_se/chapters/li)

Liza-Lu goes out with her mother and Abraham to say farewells.

### [LII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tess_of_the_d_urbervilles_se/chapters/lii)

Liza-Lu accompanies her mother and brother to search for lodging in Kingsbere.

### [LVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tess_of_the_d_urbervilles_se/chapters/lviii)

Tess asks Angel to watch over and marry Liza-Lu after her death, describing her as gentle, sweet, and pure.

### [LIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tess_of_the_d_urbervilles_se/chapters/lix)

Clare's sister-in-law, a spiritualized image of Tess, walks hand in hand with Angel, sharing his sorrow.

## Links

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