000			01133nam a22001697a 4500
999			_c12354 _d12354
020			_a9780140620603
082			_aD H222 1994
100			_aHardy, Thomas.
245			_aJude the obscure _cby Thomas Hardy.
260			_aEngland _bPenguin Books _cc1994.
300			_a490 p.
520			_aJude Fawley, a stone-mason, has already suffered. His academic ambitions were thwarted by his poverty and class: trapped into a loveless marriage, he is now alone but not free. He comes to love his cousin Sue who, seemingly emancipated, is herself miserably married. Sue's words to Jude are prophetic, for although together they defy conventional morality to seize a chance of happiness, they are ultimately defeated by both circumstance and the flaws within their own nature. Thomas Hardy's last novel is focused on the themes of sex and marriage. The tragedy of Jude's struggle for happiness is intensified by the lack of opportunity for the ordinary man to improve his lot, despite the changes and developments of Victorian society.
526			_aFICTION
650			_aDidactic fiction.
650			_aLove stories.
942			_2ddc _cBK