Jude the obscure /
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, an...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2002.
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Edición: | Rev. ed. |
Colección: | Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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. Hardy's last and most controversial novel, Jude the Obscure caused outrage when it was published in 1895. This is t. |
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Notas: | Updated select bibliography. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xlvi, 416 pages) : maps |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages xxvi-xxviii). |
ISBN: | 0585486093 9780585486093 9786610375820 6610375828 9780192802613 0192802615 0191560960 9780191560965 |