Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. The main character, Jude Fawley, is a working-class young man who desires to become a student.

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It includes a new chronology and bibliography and substantially revised notes.ĪBOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Jude the Obscure is the last novel by Thomas Hardy, it starts as a periodical series and is first issued in book form in 1895. 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, Jude the Obscure caused outrage when it was published in 1895. The shocking fate that overtakes them is an indictment of a rigid and uncaring society. 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. Jude Fawley, poor and working-class, longs to study at the University of Christminster, but he is rebuffed, and trapped in a loveless marriage. Product Details About the Author Read an Excerpt Table of Contents What People Are Saying Product Details About the Author Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) immortalized the site of his birthEgdon Heath, in Dorset, near Dorchesterin his writing. 'Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul?' Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy, first published in book form in 1895, is Hardy's last completed novel. Oxford Research Encyclopedias: Global Public Health.

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