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Jude Fawley’s hopes of a university education are lost when he is trapped into marrying the earthy Arabella, who later abandons him. Moving to the town of Christminster where he finds work as a stonemason, Jude meets and falls in love with his cousin Sue Bridehead, a sensitive, freethinking ‘New Woman’. Refusing to marry merely for the sake of religious convention, Jude and Sue decide instead to live together, but they are shunned by society and poverty soon threatens to ruin them. Jude the Obscure, Hardy’s last novel, caused a public furore when it was first published, with its fearless and challenging exploration of class and sexual relationships.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10244 in Books
• Published on: 2007-07-26
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 512 pages

Dale Kramer, University of Oregon.
"Cedric Watts's edition of Jude the Obscure is one of an extremely interesting set of literary works from Broadview Press."

English Literature in Transition
"Broadview Press and editor Cedric Watts have done a splendid job."

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