Bibliograph

Jude the obscure, Thomas Hardy ; edited with an introduction and notes by Dennis Taylor

Type

Label

Jude the obscure, Thomas Hardy ; edited with an introduction and notes by Dennis Taylor

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. xxxv-xxxvi)

Illustrations

maps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Jude the obscure

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Thomas Hardy ; edited with an introduction and notes by Dennis Taylor

Series statement

Penguin classics

Summary

Details the story of Jude Fawley, a poor stonemason who longs to be a minister, and how the brutal deaths of his children and his inability to please the two women in his life hinder his dreams and threaten his existence

Table Of Contents

General editor's preface -- Chronology : Hardy's life and works -- Map : The Wessex of the novels -- Bibliographical note -- Introduction -- Further reading -- A note on the history of the text -- Jude the obscure -- Appendix I: 'Postscript' to 1912 Wessex edition -- Appendix II: A note on the serial illustrations -- Appendix III: A note on the novel's chronology -- Appendix IV: List of place name parallels -- Glossary

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