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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818073903321

Autore

Hardy Thomas <1840-1928, >

Titolo

Jude the Obscure : an authoritative text, backgrounds and contexts, criticism / / Thomas Hardy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Open Road Integrated Media, , 2015

ISBN

1-4976-7715-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (683 p.)

Disciplina

823/.8

Soggetti

Stonemasons

Illegitimate children

Children - Death

Unmarried couples

Adultery

Wessex (England) Fiction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-451).

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Part First: AT MARYGREEN; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; IX; X; XI; Part Second: AT CHRISTMINSTER; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; Part Third: AT MELCHESTER; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; IX; X; Part Fourth: AT SHASTON; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; Part Fifth: AT ALDBRICKHAM AND ELSEWHERE; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; Part Sixth: AT CHRISTMINSTER AGAIN; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; IX; X; XI; Copyright

Sommario/riassunto

Thomas Hardy's final novel: A passionate and tragic story of the follies of Victorian England's most rigid institutions: class, marriage, and higher education Growing up in southern England, Jude Fawley dreams of one day transcending his country life and becoming a scholar at Christminster's most prestigious college. It's the driving focus of his young life, leading him to rigorous study of classical Greek and Latin after spending long days working as a stonemason.   But everything changes when Jude meets Arabella Donn, a calculating local girl who ensnares him in marriage. As his dreams of Ch