Hardy's last work of fiction, Jude the Obscure is also one of his most gloomily fatalistic, depicting the lives of individuals who are trapped by forces beyond their control. Jude Fawley, a poor villager, wants to enter the divinity school at Christminster. Sidetracked by Arabella Donn, an earthy country girl …
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Hardy's last work of fiction, Jude the Obscure is also one of his most gloomily fatalistic, depicting the lives of individuals who are trapped by forces beyond their control. Jude Fawley, a poor villager, wants to enter the divinity school at Christminster. Sidetracked by Arabella Donn, an earthy country girl who pretends to be pregnant by him, Jude marries her and is then deserted. He earns a living as a stonemason at Christminster; there he falls in love with his independent-minded cousin, Sue Bridehead. Out of a sense of obligation, Sue marries the schoolmaster Phillotson, who has helped her. Unable to bear living with Phillotson, she returns to live with Jude and eventually bears his children out of wedlock. Their poverty and the weight of society's disapproval begin to take a toll on Sue and Jude; the climax occurs when Jude's son by Arabella hangs Sue and Jude's children and himself. In penance, Sue returns to Phillotson and the church. Jude returns to Arabella and eventually dies miserably. The novel's sexual frankness shocked the public, as did Hardy's criticisms of marriage, the university system, and the church. Hardy was so distressed by its reception that he wrote no more fiction, concentrating solely on his poetry.Please Note: This book is easy to read in true text, not scanned images that can sometimes be difficult to decipher. The Microsoft eBook has a contents page linked to the chapter headings for easy navigation. The Adobe eBook has bookmarks at chapter headings and is printable up to two full copies per year. Both versions are text searchable.
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Jude the Obscure
English language
Published May 19, 1996 by Everyman.
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- 978-0-460-87567-7Copied ISBN!
Jude the Obscure.
paperback, 260 pages
Published April 27, 2018 by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
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Jude the obscure
488 pages
English language
Published Aug. 7, 1986 by Harper & Brothers.
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- 1048230905
Jude the obscure
416 pages
English language
Published Aug. 7, 2008 by Oxford University Press.
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- 228195147
Jude the Obscure
paperback, 138 pages
Published April 16, 2014 by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
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Jude the Obscure
488 pages
English language
Published May 19, 1930 by Book League of America.
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- 4448698
Jude the Obscure
488 pages
English language
Published May 19, 1895 by Modern Library.
- OCLC Number:
- 1000898
Penguin English Library Jude the Obscure
paperback, 416 pages
Published Oct. 30, 2012 by Penguin UK.
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Jude the Obscure
paperback, 370 pages
Published March 17, 2018 by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
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Jude the Obscure
hardcover, 372 pages
Published April 3, 2018 by SMK Books.
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Jude the Obscure
hardcover, 454 pages
Published Oct. 30, 2018 by Simon & Brown.
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Jude the Obscure
paperback, 352 pages
Published July 11, 2012 by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
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Jude the Obscure
English language
Published May 19, 1973 by Macmillan.
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Jude the Obscure
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Published May 19, 1973 by Macmillan.
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Jude the Obscure . By : Thomas Hardy
Paperback, 260 pages
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