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Jude the Obscure

Jude the Obscure

by Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928

BookID: 153

Language:English

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 80.0 (6th grade). Easy to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

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Description

"Jude the Obscure" by Thomas Hardy is a novel published in 1895. It follows Jude Fawley, a working-class stonemason who dreams of becoming a scholar at Christminster. His ambitions become entangled with his passionate but troubled relationship with his cousin, Sue Bridehead. Through failed marriages, social ostracism, and personal tragedy, the novel explores the crushing weight of Victorian society's institutions—particularly marriage, religion, and class barriers—on those who dare to defy convention. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Class:PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

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