Other Fiction Hardy, Thomas: Jude the Obscure (Illustrated). v1, 3 Sep 2008

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Jude the Obscure, is the last of Thomas Hardy's novels, begun as a magazine serial and first published in book form in 1895. The book was burnt publicly by the Bishop of Exeter in that same year. Its hero Jude Fawley is a lower-class young man who dreams of becoming a scholar. The two other main characters are his earthy wife, Arabella, and his cousin, Sue. Themes include class, scholarship, religion, marriage, and the modernisation of thought and society.

With the original magazine illustrations.

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