Jude the Obscure : an authoritative text, backgrounds and contexts, criticism / Thomas Hardy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stonemasons--Fiction.

Stonemasons.

Illegitimate children--Fiction.

Illegitimate children.

Children--Death--Fiction.

Children.

Unmarried couples--Fiction.

Unmarried couples.

Adultery--Fiction.

Adultery.

Wessex (England)--Fiction.

Wessex (England).

Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928. Jude the obscure.

Hardy, Thomas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (683 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Open Road Integrated Media, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Thomas Hardy's final novel: A passionate and tragic story of the follies of Victorian England's most rigid institutions: class, marriage, and higher education Growing up in southern England, Jude Fawley dreams of one day transcending his country life and becoming a scholar at Christminster's most prestigious college. It's the driving focus of his young life, leading him to rigorous study of classical Greek and Latin after spending long days working as a stonemason. But everything changes when Jude meets Arabella Donn, a calculating local girl who ensnares him in marriage. As his dreams of Ch

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Part First: AT MARYGREEN; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; IX; X; XI; Part Second: AT CHRISTMINSTER; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; Part Third: AT MELCHESTER; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; IX; X; Part Fourth: AT SHASTON; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; Part Fifth: AT ALDBRICKHAM AND ELSEWHERE; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; Part Sixth: AT CHRISTMINSTER AGAIN; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; IX; X; XI; Copyright

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-451).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781497677159

1497677157

OCLC:

908080902