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Jude the Obscure Thomas Hardy publisher: Querido, Amsterdam, 1895 refered to by: The World According to Garp John Irving The Dark Room of Damokles Willem Frederik Hermans
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'Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul?' Jude Fawley, poor and working-class, longs to study at the University of Christminster, but he is rebuffed, and trapped in a loveless marriage. He falls in love with his unconventional cousin Sue Bridehead, and their refusal to marry when | free to do so confirms their rejection of and by the world around them. The shocking fate that overtakes them is an indictment of a rigid and uncaring society. Hardy's last and most controversial novel, Jude the Obscure caused outrage when it was published in 1895. |
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| BOOKS BY THOMAS HARDY: Tess of the D'Urbervilles 1891 When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D' Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune, meeting her "cousin" Alec proves to be her downfall. | ||
| The Mayor of Casterbridge 1886 Michael Henchard is an out-of-work hay-trusser who gets drunk at a local fair and impulsively sells his wife Susan and baby daughter. Eighteen years later Susan and her daughter seek him out, only to discover that he has become the most prominent man in Casterbridge. | ||
| Jude the Obscure 1895 Hardy called Jude the Obscure 'a deadly war waged between flesh and spirit'. | ||
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