| Jude the obscure Contributor(s): Hardy, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 1541167503 ISBN-13: 9781541167506 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $21.85 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Lexile Measure: 1110 |
| Physical Information: 1.24" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (1.78 lbs) 612 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The novel tells the story of Jude Fawley, who lives in a village in southern England (part of Hardy's fictional county of Wessex), who yearns to be a scholar at "Christminster", a city modelled on Oxford. As a youth, Jude teaches himself Classical Greek and Latin in his spare time, while working first in his great-aunt's bakery, with the hope of entering university. But before he can try to do this the na ve Jude is seduced by Arabella Donn, a rather coarse and superficial local girl who traps him into marriage by pretending to be pregnant. The marriage is a failure, and they separate by mutual agreement, and Arabella later emigrates to Australia, where she enters into a bigamous marriage. By this time, Jude has abandoned his classical studies. |