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Jude the Obscure: A Novel of Ambition, Constraint, and Social Conflict
Paperback
Classic FictionLiterary Fiction
ISBN13: 9781617200137
Publisher: SMK Books
Published: Oct 13 2010
Pages: 372
Weight: 1.20
Height: 0.83 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A late novel by Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure examines ambition, education, and social constraint through the life of a man whose aspirations place him in conflict with the structures around him.
The narrative follows Jude Fawley, a stonemason who aspires to an academic life but finds his progress limited by circumstance, class, and expectation. His pursuit of education and personal fulfilment brings him into a series of relationships that complicate both his ambitions and his position within society. Through these developments, the novel traces the tension between individual desire and the conditions imposed by convention.
Hardy's treatment of the subject moves beyond the immediate circumstances of the plot to consider broader questions of social organisation, belief, and the limits of opportunity. The work combines elements of realism with a sustained examination of character, presenting situations in which personal decisions and external pressures intersect. Its reception at the time of publication reflected the force of its themes, which remain central to its continued reading.
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