| Jude the Obscure Contributor(s): Hardy, Thomas (Author), Brown, Rosellen (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0375757414 ISBN-13: 9780375757419 Publisher: Penguin Random House LLC (No Starch) OUR PRICE: $10.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2001 Annotation: Upon its first appearance in 1895, Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure shocked Victorian critics and readers with a frank depiction of sexuality and an unbridled indictment of the institutions of marriage, education, and religion, reportedly causing one Angli-can bishop to order the book publicly burned. The experience so exhausted Hardy that he never wrote a work of fiction again. Rich in symbolism, Jude the Obscure is the story of Jude Fawley and his struggle to rise from his station as a poor Wessex stonemason to that of a scholar at Christminster. It is also the story of Jude's ill-fated relationship with his cousin Sue Bridehead, and the ultimate tragedy that causes Jude's undoing and Sue's transformation. Jude the Obscure explores man's essential loneliness and remains one of Hardy's most widely read novels. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Psychological - Fiction | Romance - Historical - Victorian |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2001025335 |
| Lexile Measure: 1110 |
| Series: Modern Library Classics |
| Physical Information: 1.14" H x 5.23" W x 8.03" (0.93 lbs) 528 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 8661 Reading Level: 8.9 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 27.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Upon its first appearance in 1895, Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure shocked Victorian critics and readers with a frank depiction of sexuality and an unbridled indictment of the institutions of marriage, education, and religion, reportedly causing one Angli-can bishop to order the book publicly burned. The experience so exhausted Hardy that he never wrote a work of fiction again. Rich in symbolism, Jude the Obscure is the story of Jude Fawley and his struggle to rise from his station as a poor Wessex stonemason to that of a scholar at Christminster. It is also the story of Jude's ill-fated relationship with his cousin Sue Bridehead, and the ultimate tragedy that causes Jude's undoing and Sue's transformation. Jude the Obscure explores man's essential loneliness and remains one of Hardy's most widely read novels. |