Jude the Obscure (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Thomas Hardy
- First Published: 1895
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Philosophical realism
- Subjects: Suicide, Nineteenth century, Marriage, Rural or country life, Ministry or ministers, England or English people, Illegitimacy, Drinking or drunkenness, Fate or fatalism, Loneliness, Learning or scholarship
- Locales: Wessex, England
Jude Fawley, a stonecutter’s apprentice, teaches himself Greek and Latin and plans to go to Christminster to become a scholar. His plan is interrupted by Arabella Donn, a vulgar woman who tricks him into marriage. When the marriage fails, he makes his way to Christminster but is again kept from the university when he falls in love with his cousin, Sue Bridehead, an intellectual but emotionally cold woman.
When she learns Jude is married, she leaves him and marries the elderly Mr. Phillotson out of spite. Some time later, both Jude and Sue divorce their spouses and live...
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