Jude the Obscure

Jude Fawley abandons his long-held dream of becoming a scholar when he is deceived into marriage. Settling for a trade as a stonemason, he lives in the shadow of the great university at Christminster where he had hoped to study - and there he falls in love with Sue Bridehead, his cousin. When she learns he is married, Sue turns away, despite her feelings for Jude, and marries Richard Phillotson, the schoolmaster who inspired Jude's passion for learning. But the attraction between Jude and Sue proves greater than convention, and their scandalous union will lead to tragedy of unimaginable proportions. A stark and uncompromising study of the darker side of fate, free will, and human nature.

About the author

Thomas Hardy, geb. 1840, ging nach der Architektenlehre nach London und begann neben seiner Arbeit als Kirchenrestaurator zu schreiben. Ab 1871 Veröffentlichungen (Wessex-Romane). Der Autor verstarb 1928; er hinterließ ein umfangreiches Werk - außer Romanen auch fast 1000 Gedichte.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Hardy, Hardy Thomas
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 24.02.2011
• EAN: 9780141197852
• ISBN: 978-0-14-119785-2
• Series: Penguin Classics; Penguin Popular Classics; Penguin Popular Classics
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature