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Thomas Hardy

Jude the Obscure

Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Oct. 22, 2015)
Jude the Obscure, the last completed of Thomas Hardy's novels, began as a magazine serial in December 1894 and was first published in book form in 1895. The novel tells the story of Jude Fawley, who lives in a village in southern England, who yearns to be a scholar at "Christminster", a city modelled on Oxford. As a youth, Jude teaches himself Classical Greek and Latin in his spare time, while working first in his great-aunt's bakery, with the hope of entering university. But before he can try to do this the naïve Jude is seduced by Arabella Donn, a rather coarse and superficial local girl who traps him into marriage by pretending to be pregnant. The marriage is a failure, and they separate by mutual agreement, and Arabella later emigrates to Australia, where she enters into a bigamous marriage. After Arabella leaves him, Jude moves to Christminster and supports himself as a mason while studying alone, hoping to be able to enter the university later. There, he meets and falls in love with his free-spirited cousin, Sue Bridehead. Called "Jude the Obscene" by at least one reviewer, the novel received a harsh reception from some critics. So hard did Thomas Hardy - who had put much of himself into the novel - take the criticism that he never wrote another novel. Jude the Obscure has been adapted for the screen twice and also made the framework of a musical.
Series
Immortal Classics
ISBN
1518737145 / 9781518737145
Pages
246
Weight
15.4 oz.
Dimensions
6.0 x 0.62 in.

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