TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hardy, Thomas
AU  - Ingham, Patricia, ed.
TI  - Jude the obscure
T2  - Oxford World's Classics
SN  - 0192833790
U1  - 823.8 
PY  - 1998///
CY  - New York
PB  -  Oxford University Press
KW  - English Literature
KW  - English Fiction
KW  - England--Wessex
KW  - Stonemasons
KW  - Adultery
KW  - Children--Death
KW  - Illegitimate children
KW  - Unmarried couples
KW  - England
KW  - Manners and customs
N2  - Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul?' Jude Fawley, poor and working-class, longs to study at the University of Christminster, but he is rebuffed, and trapped in a loveless marriage. He falls in love with his unconventional cousin Sue Bridehead, and their refusal to marry when free to do so confirms their rejection of and by the world around them. The shocking fate that overtakes them is an indictment of a rigid and uncaring society. Hardy's last and most controversial novel, Jude the Obscure caused outrage when it was published in 1895. This is the first truly critical edition, taking account of the changes that Hardy made over twenty-five years. It includes a new chronology and bibliography and substantially revised notes
ER  -