Abstract: Narrative realism in traditional literary theory is an important content of Hardy’s aesthetic thought of literature and art. This paper reexamines the monumental work, Tess, from the perspective of post modernism by connecting mechanical metaphor with humans to distinguish Hardy’s narrative art of novels from established patterns. It contributes to highlighting poetic power in literary ethics and revealing its hidden meaning from contemporary aesthetic consciousness to instruct open interpretation of classic novels’ narrative view. It intends to expand research horizon from a new dimension, warning defects of industrial civilization in modern life.