Jude the Obscure

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Sue Bridehead, his last heroine, is an extaordinarily complex woman - an English Emma Bovary or Anna Karenina.

Jude Fawley, the stonemason excluded not by his wits but by poverty from the world of Christminster privilege, finds fulfilment in his relationship with Sue Bridehead. Both have left earlier marriages. Ironically, when tragedy tests their union it is Sue, the modern emancipated woman, who proves unequal to the challenge. Hardy's fearless exploration of sexual and social relationships and his prophetic critique of marriage scandalised the late Victorian establishment and marked the end of his career as a novelist.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780140435382
Published: May 1998

Number of pages: 528
Width: 130 mm
Height: 198 mm
Depth: 23 mm

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd