Jude the obscure

an authoritative text : backgrounds and contexts criticism

468 pages

English language

Published Dec. 11, 1999 by W.W. Norton.

ISBN:
978-0-393-97278-8
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OCLC Number:
38993098

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Contains an authoritative text of a poor stone carver, Jude Fawley, who is torn between his dreams of a university education and the desires of his own carnal nature and also includes background information on the novel as well as Hardy's nonfictional writings and poems and comments by critics on his other works.

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Subjects

  • Death
  • Illegitimate children
  • Fiction
  • Unmarried couples
  • Spouses
  • Adultery
  • Stonemasons
  • Education
  • Working class
  • Children
  • History

Places

  • Wessex (England)
  • England
  • Wessex