JUDE THE OBSCURE
by Hardy, Thomas,
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- V.g.
- Seller
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Yaxley, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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Synopsis
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 William Walsham How, Bishop of Wakefield, in that same year. Its hero Jude Fawley is a working-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.
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- Bookseller
- Thomas Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- F0251
- Title
- JUDE THE OBSCURE
- Author
- Hardy, Thomas,
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - V.g.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Osgood, Mcilvaine and Co.,
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1896
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- HARDY, DORSET LITERATURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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