Abstract: Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Jennie Gerhard are amazingly similar in theme and structure.The two female heroines are from the bottom of the society,and there is model of one female and two males in terms of love partnership in the two novels.By comparing the love partnership in these two novels,we may better understand the authors’ different creative ideas,the surroundings they were in,their influence by traditional culture and different literature schools,and their contribution to literature creation and innovation as well.

Key words: love partnership, comparison, inspection