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Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

Jude the Obscure

Thomas Hardy

Start Publishing LLC · Hardcover · January 18, 2013

The novel tells the story of Jude Fawley, a village stonemason who yearns to be a scholar at Christminster, a city modeled on Oxford, England.

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Who it’s for
A carefully layered Victorian novel where scholarly longing meets the accidents of ordinary life.
Genres
The Classics, 19th-Century English Fiction, Literary Fiction
Published
Start Publishing LLC, January 18, 2013

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About this book

The novel tells the story of Jude Fawley, a village stonemason who yearns to be a scholar at Christminster, a city modeled on Oxford, England. The novela also follows his earthy wife, Arabella, and his cousin, Sue. The elaborately structured plot dwells on subtle details and accidents lead to the characters' ruin while exploring many different themes.

Ambition and Consequence

A carefully layered Victorian novel where scholarly longing meets the accidents of ordinary life.

Come here for

  • The tension between scholarly ambition and everyday life
  • A layered classic attentive to small details

Expect

  • Subtle details and chance events with serious consequences
  • A sustained story exploring many themes

Where it sits

19th-Century English Fiction48%
The Classics43%
Literary Fiction41%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • The Classics
  • Literary Fiction
  • LGBTQ+ Fiction
Authors
Thomas Hardy
Publisher
Start Publishing LLC
Published
January 18, 2013
Format
Hardcover
Reading lane
The Classics