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Jude the Obscure

By Thomas Hardy
Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics
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Jude the Obscure is a poignant exploration of ambition and yearning by Thomas Hardy. It follows Jude Fawley, a village stonemason, who dreams of furthering his education and joining academia. However, his aspirations clash with societal norms and personal relationships, leading to a profound examination of love, class, and destiny.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy exploring themes of societal constraints and personal aspirations. You'll be drawn into a tale of a young man's pursuit of education and love, set against the backdrop of class struggles in Victorian England. The complex characters and emotional depth make it a compelling read for those who appreciate literary classics with a critical examination of societal norms.

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Jude the Obscure

This is the story of a young country workman obsessed by his ambition to become an Oxford student, interwoven with his fraught relationships with two women.

A beautiful clothbound edition of Hardy's most tragic novel.

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A beautiful clothbound edition of Hardy's most tragic novel.

Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality, colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.

Jude Fawley's hopes of an education at Christminster University are dashed when he is trapped into marrying the wild, earthy Arabella, who later abandons him. Moving to Christminster to work as a stonemason, Jude falls in love with Sue Bridehead, a sensitive, free-thinking 'New Woman'. 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.

Jude the Obscure, with its fearless and challenging exploration of class and sexual relationships, caused a public furore when it was first published and marked the end of Hardy's career as a novelist.

Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241382691

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 04 July 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 34.0mm

Width: 137.0mm

Height: 205.0mm

Weight: 634g

Pages: 528

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Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Classics Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics Thomas Hardy

About the Author

Thomas Hardy was born in Dorset in 1840 and became an apprentice architect at the age of sixteen. He spent his twenties in London, where he wrote his first poems. In 1867 Hardy returned to his native Dorset, whose rugged landscape was a great source of inspiration for his writing. Between 1871 and 1897 he wrote fourteen novels, including Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure. This final work was received savagely; thereafter Hardy turned away from novels and spent the last thirty years of his life focusing on poetry. He died in 1928.

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