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Jude the Obscure

Thomas Hardy

Jude the Obscure

Thomas Hardy

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"Jude the Obscure" by Thomas Hardy is a novel published in 1895. It follows Jude Fawley, a working-class stonemason who dreams of becoming a scholar at Christminster. His ambitions become entangled with his passionate but troubled relationship with his cousin, Sue Bridehead. Through failed marriages, social ostracism, and personal tragedy, the novel explores the crushing weight of Victorian society's institutions—particularly marriage, religion, and class barriers—on those who dare to defy convention. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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  1. 1JUDE THE OBSCURE1,776 chars
  2. 2PREFACE1,930 chars
  3. 3Part First AT MARYGREEN241 chars
  4. 4I7,258 chars
  5. 5II14,854 chars
  6. 6III14,756 chars
  7. 7IV10,698 chars
  8. 8V9,609 chars
  9. 9VI13,923 chars
  10. 10VII16,544 chars
  11. 11VIII10,684 chars
  12. 12IX12,165 chars
  13. 13X11,275 chars
  14. 14XI13,162 chars
  15. 15Part Second AT CHRISTMINSTER119 chars
  16. 16I13,840 chars
  17. 17II16,532 chars
  18. 18III12,365 chars
  19. 19IV16,746 chars
  20. 20V11,307 chars
  21. 21VI18,789 chars
  22. 22VII14,819 chars
  23. 23Part Third AT MELCHESTER80 chars
  24. 24I15,929 chars
  25. 25II6,882 chars
  26. 26III12,313 chars
  27. 27IV16,767 chars
  28. 28V10,165 chars
  29. 29VI19,928 chars
  30. 30VII14,037 chars
  31. 31VIII17,451 chars
  32. 32IX17,446 chars
  33. 33X9,068 chars
  34. 34Part Fourth AT SHASTON209 chars
  35. 35I16,890 chars
  36. 36II17,438 chars
  37. 37III20,402 chars
  38. 38IV20,722 chars
  39. 39V18,507 chars
  40. 40VI16,503 chars
  41. 41Part Fifth AT ALDBRICKHAM AND ELSEWHERE249 chars
  42. 42I10,314 chars
  43. 43II18,457 chars
  44. 44III18,139 chars
  45. 45IV17,833 chars
  46. 46V19,400 chars
  47. 47VI23,207 chars
  48. 48VII10,358 chars
  49. 49VIII13,419 chars
  50. 50Part Sixth AT CHRISTMINSTER AGAIN241 chars
  51. 51I19,999 chars
  52. 52II19,974 chars
  53. 53III26,363 chars
  54. 54IV14,897 chars
  55. 55V16,418 chars
  56. 56VI13,589 chars
  57. 57VII14,955 chars
  58. 58VIII13,972 chars
  59. 59IX12,934 chars
  60. 60X6,757 chars
  61. 61XI13,815 chars