Jude the Obscure (Diversion Classics)

by Thomas Hardy

Overview

Featuring an appendix of discussion questions, this Diversion Classics edition is ideal for use in book groups and classrooms.

A penniless orphan with dreams of becoming a scholar, Jude Fawley is instead thrust into a life of hard labor.

Forced to abandon his passion and working as a mason in the shadow of the University he wishes to attend, he meets his true love, his cousin, Sue Bridehead. Trapped between their feelings for one another and a society that condemns the relationship, Jude and Sue’s hopes are painfully snuffed out. Thomas Hardy’s final complete novel is an unflinching look at a life choked by the strict morals of an oppressive age and a must-read take on the human condition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781682305331
Publisher:	Diversion Publishing
Publication date:	03/29/2016
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	419
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

An English Victorian author of novels, poems, and short stories, Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) is best known for the classic books Far from the Madding Crowd, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, and Jude the Obscure. Set mostly in the semi-imagined region of Wessex, Hardy’s fictional works retain their popularity thanks to an accessible style, Romantic plots, and richly drawn characters.

Date of Birth:

June 2, 1840

Date of Death:

January 11, 1928

Place of Birth:

Higher Brockhampon, Dorset, England

Place of Death:

Max Gate, Dorchester, England

Education:

Served as apprentice to architect James Hicks