Jude the Obscure
by Hardy, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Dark green cloth, gilt monogram on cover, gilt spine titles. 1896 at bottom of title page. Previous owner's info to ffep. Dampstain to textblock top edge that seeps to page tops, but is fairly faint and doesn't extend to text. Spine ends/corners worn. Page 309 creased and miscut by printer. In acetate cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17060
- Title
- Jude the Obscure
- Author
- Hardy, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1896
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- FFEP
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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