Jude the Obscure

Jude the Obscure
Original title page of Jude the Obscure
AuthorThomas Hardy
Original title
  • The Simpletons
  • Hearts Insurgent
IllustratorHenry Macbeth-Raeburn
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel
Set inThomas Hardy's Wessex, late 19th century
PublisherOsgood, McIlvaine, & Co.
Publication date
1895
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
823.8
LC ClassPZ3 .H222
Preceded byTess of the d'Urbervilles 
Followed byThe Well-Beloved 
TextJude the Obscure at Wikisource

Jude the Obscure is a novel by Thomas Hardy, which began as a magazine serial in December 1894 and was first published in book form in 1895 (though the title page says 1896).[1][2][3] It is Hardy's last completed novel. The protagonist, Jude Fawley, is a working-class young man; he is a stonemason who dreams of becoming a scholar. The other main character is his cousin, Sue Bridehead, who is also his central love interest. The novel is concerned in particular with issues of class, education, religion, morality and marriage.

  1. ^ Hardy, Thomas; Macbeth-Raeburn, H (2014). Jude the Obscure. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-54120-6. OCLC 1198347279.
  2. ^ "HARDY, Thomas. Jude the Obscure. London: Osgood, McIlvaine, and Co., 1896 [but 1895]". www.christies.com. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Jude the Obscure | novel by Hardy". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 24 September 2021.