How does Hardy's 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles' reflect the attitudes of the era?

The subtitle of the novel 'A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented' represents Hardy's moral view of Tess in contrast to the Victorian attitudes of the characters around her.
The novel generally follows the moral structure of the traditional English novel - that virtue is rewarded, immorality is punished and good people learn from their mistakes. Victorian society would have considered Tess a 'fallen woman', rather than a naive young woman assaulted or taken advantage of. The journey of Tess through the novel describes the hardship she experiences due to factors out of her control, and she appears to be punished rather than rewarded. Hardy highlights the suffering Tess faces in Christian society that considers itself charitable, and how she suffers further because of the religious attitudes of the day.