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Jude the Obscure (Oxford World's Classics)

By Thomas Hardy

Book information

Year
2003
ISBN
0192802615, 9780585486093, 9780192802613, 019953702X, 9780199537020, 0192833790, 9780192833792
LCC
PR4746.A2 T39 2002
Open Library ID
OL3953915M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1390392 bytes)
Edition
Revised
Pages
464\465
Topic
Education
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Hardy's last and most controversial novel, Jude the Obscure caused much outrage when it was published in 1895. Jude Fawley, poor and working-class, longs to study at the University of Christminster, but his ambitions to go to university are thwarted by class prejudice and his entrapment in a loveless marriage. He falls in love with his unconventional cousin, Sue Bridehead, and their refusal to marry when free to do so confirms their rejection of and by the world around them. The shocking fate that overtakes them is an indictment of a rigid and uncaring society. This is the first truly critical edition, taking account of the changes that Hardy made over twenty-five years. Hardy's last, and most controversial novel, this revised edition has the first truly critical text, a new chronology and bibliography, and substantially revised notes.

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