Bibliograph

Jude the obscure, Thomas Hardy ; edited with an introduction and notes by Dennis Taylor

Type

Label

Jude the obscure, Thomas Hardy ; edited with an introduction and notes by Dennis Taylor

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxv-xxxvi)

Illustrations

maps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Jude the obscure

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Thomas Hardy ; edited with an introduction and notes by Dennis Taylor

Series statement

Penguin classics

Summary

Details the story of Jude Fawley, a poor stonemason who longs to be a minister, and how the brutal deaths of his children and his inability to please the two women in his life hinder his dreams and threaten his existenceJude Fawley's hopes of an education are lost when he is trapped into marrying Arabella, who later abandons him. Moving to the town of Christminster where he finds work as a stonemason, Jude meets and falls in love with his cousin Sue Bridehead. Refusing to marry merely for the sake of religious convention, Jude and Sue decide instead to live together, but they are shunned by society and poverty soon threatens to ruin them. Fearlessly challenging exploration of class and sexual relationships, the book's critical reception led Hardy to abandon novel writing. --, adapted from amazon.com

Table Of Contents

General editor's preface -- Chronology : Hardy's life and works -- Map : The Wessex of the novels -- Bibliographical note -- Introduction -- Further reading -- A note on the history of the text -- Jude the obscure -- Appendix I: 'Postscript' to 1912 Wessex edition -- Appendix II: A note on the serial illustrations -- Appendix III: A note on the novel's chronology -- Appendix IV: List of place name parallels -- Glossary

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