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Jude the Obscure
- Author
- Thomas Hardy
- Narrator
- Stephen Thorne
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 2 January 2018
- Run Time
- 15 hours 22 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Jude Fawley is a stone mason with a passion for scholarship who longs to study at the nearby university town of Christminster. Then Arabella Donn comes into his life. His longing for her eclipses all else for a time, and they marry but unhappily. Meeting his spirited and intelligent cousin, Sue Bridehead, Jude dares to dream again. But in acknowledging their feelings for one another, Jude and Sue risk becoming social outcasts. In defying conventional morality, their lives become plagued by uncertainty and torment.
Critics Review
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“This story of repression, judgment, and true love will appeal to listeners who love the classics…A truly memorable literary experience that demands repeated listens.”
Publishers Weekly
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“His style touches sublimity.”
T. S. Eliot, praise for the author
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“The greatest tragic writer among English novelists.”
Virginia Woolf, praise for the author
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Details
- Author
- Thomas Hardy
- Narrator
- Stephen Thorne
- Duration
- 15 hours 22 minutes
- Release Date
- 2 January 2018
- ISBN
- 9781538483558
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Classic fiction, Romance, Historical romance, Historical fiction
Synopsis
Jude Fawley is a stone mason with a passion for scholarship who longs to study at the nearby university town of Christminster. Then Arabella Donn comes into his life. His longing for her eclipses all else for a time, and they marry but unhappily. Meeting his spirited and intelligent cousin, Sue Bridehead, Jude dares to dream again. But in acknowledging their feelings for one another, Jude and Sue risk becoming social outcasts. In defying conventional morality, their lives become plagued by uncertainty and torment.
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