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Jude the Obscure is a novel by Thomas Hardy, which began as a magazine serial in December 1894 and was first published in book form in 1895 (though the title page says 1896). [1] [2] [3] It is Hardy's last completed novel. The protagonist, Jude Fawley, is a working-class young man; he is a stonemason who dreams of becoming a scholar.
Jude the Obscure takes place in Wessex, England in the Victorian era. Jude Fawley is a poor orphan raised by his great-aunt, but he dreams of studying at the university in Christminster, a nearby town. He is inspired in this dream by his old teacher, Richard Phillotson, who left with similar ambitions when Jude was a child.
Jude the Obscure. Thomas Hardy, Patricia Ingham, Dennis Taylor (With) ...more. 3.83. 72,314 ratings4,311 reviews. Jude Fawley's hopes of a university education are lost when he is trapped into marrying the earthy Arabella, who later abandons him.
Jude the Obscure is a British television serial directed by Hugh David, starring Robert Powell, Fiona Walker, and Alex Marshall, first broadcast on BBC Television in early 1971. It is based on Thomas Hardy 's novel Jude the Obscure (1895).
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Jude the Obscure, novel by Thomas Hardy, published in 1894–95 in an abridged form in Harper’s New Monthly as Hearts Insurgent; published in book form in 1895. Jude the Obscure is Hardy’s last work of fiction and is also one of his most gloomily fatalistic, depicting the lives of individuals who are.
Published in 1895, Thomas Hardy’s Jude the Obscure tells the story of Jude Fawley, a poor villager whose many attempts to rise above his class are crushed by society or the forces of nature. This shocking novel represented harsh criticisms of Victorian society’s most cherished institutions—including marriage, social class, religion, and ...
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Aug 14, 2008 · Hardy's last and most controversial novel, Jude the Obscure caused outrage when it was published in 1895. This is the first truly critical edition, taking account of the...
