Jude the Obscure (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Thomas Hardy
- First Published: 1895
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Philosophical realism
- Time of Work: Nineteenth century
- 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
Places Discussed
*Wessex. Fictional region of England in which Thomas Hardy set most of his major novels. It is situated east of the Cornish coast, between the River Thames and the English Channel. There, Hardy freely constructs a partly real and partly fictional locale to accommodate a series of “local” novels, including Far from the Madding Crowd (1874). The countryside in many ways resembles that of southwestern England—rolling hills, babbling brooks, quaint villages, and rustic rural folk.
Marygreen. Jude’s hometown village in Wessex, where he is...
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