Jude the Obscure / Thomas Hardy ; introduction and notes by Norman Vance
By: Hardy, Thomas [autor]
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Contributor(s): Vance, Norman [Escritor de introducción].
Series: Wordsworth Classics.London : Wordsworth Editions Limited, 2000Edition: First edition.Description: 376 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.Content type: texto Media type: no mediado Carrier type: volumenISBN: 1853262617; 9781853262616.Subject(s): Literatura inglesa | English literature | Novela inglesa | English novelDDC classification: 823.8 / Summary: Jude Fawley is a rural stonemason with intellectual aspirations. Frustated by proverty and the indifference of the academic institutions at the University of Christminster, his only chance of fulfilment seems to lie in his relationship with his unconventional, free-thinking cousin, Sue Bridehead. But life as social outcasts proves undermining, and when tragedy occurs, Sue has no resilience and Jude is left in despair.
Hardy´s portrait of Jude idealist and dreamer who is a prisoner of his own physical nature, is one of the most haunting and desperate of his creations, Jude the Obscure is a dark yet compassionate account of the insurmountable frustrations of human existence which reflect Hardy´s yearning for the spiritual values of the past and his despair at their decline.
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Jude Fawley is a rural stonemason with intellectual aspirations. Frustated by proverty and the indifference of the academic institutions at the University of Christminster, his only chance of fulfilment seems to lie in his relationship with his unconventional, free-thinking cousin, Sue Bridehead. But life as social outcasts proves undermining, and when tragedy occurs, Sue has no resilience and Jude is left in despair.
Hardy´s portrait of Jude idealist and dreamer who is a prisoner of his own physical nature, is one of the most haunting and desperate of his creations, Jude the Obscure is a dark yet compassionate account of the insurmountable frustrations of human existence which reflect Hardy´s yearning for the spiritual values of the past and his despair at their decline.
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