| Jude the Obscure: Introduction by J. Hillis Miller Contributor(s): Hardy, Thomas (Author), Miller, J. Hillis (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0679409939 ISBN-13: 9780679409939 Publisher: Everyman's Library OUR PRICE: $23.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 1992 Annotation: Now a major Motion Picture. In this story of the passionate, gifted Jude Fawley, baffled in his desire for learning and distinction by his entanglements with the two women in his life--Hardy achieved the kind of enigmatic force that we associate with the finest of the Greek tragedies. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Psychological - Fiction | Romance - Historical - Victorian |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 92052925 |
| Lexile Measure: 1110 |
| Series: Everyman's Library Classics |
| Physical Information: 1.33" H x 5.25" W x 8.33" (1.28 lbs) 568 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: Jude's story -- his futile desire to better himself through education, his failed marriage and doomed love for the free-spirited Sue Bridehead -- shows with heartbreaking clarity the devastating effects of prejudice and oppression upon innocent minds, and forms a passionate plea for tolerance. Because of its frank treatment of human sexuality and its unflinching fatalism, Jude the Obscure aroused such a storm of controversy upon its publication in 1895 that, partly in response, Thomas Hardy abandoned the art of novel-writing altogether and devoted the rest of his life to poetry. Though we have come a long way in our social attitudes in the ensuing century, nothing about Hardy's masterpiece has lost its power to shock us and disturb our dreams. |