June 2014 Guest Editor Freya North on Thomas Hardy...
For me, no other writer so definitively captures both the beauty and challenges of Britain - its landscape, weather, village life versus city life and of course the class system. But most of all I love the way that landscape is not merely a backdrop in Hardy's writing, but a leading character in it – something that has become a crucial element of my own writing. I love the paintings of Millet – the unpatronizing dignity he imbued his scenes of rustic life. This is so true of Hardy too and nowhere is this more compelling than in Tess of the D’Urbervilles - one of my all time favourite books.
'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.
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'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.
Jude the Obscure features in the following genres: General Fiction, Classic fiction: general and literary, eBooks of the Month, Fiction, Recommendations
Paperback. £6.29, down from the £6.99 cover price. In Stock.
Jude the Obscure was written by Thomas Hardy, Patricia Ingham and published by Oxford University Press an imprint of OUP OXFORD
Jude the Obscure has 416 pages
Yes it is part of Oxford World's Classics series
£6.29, reduced from £6.99. In Stock.
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