Jude the Obscure - Brossura

Hardy, Thomas

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0486452433 ISBN 13: 9780486452432

Casa editrice: Dover Pubns, 2006

Riassunto

Powerful and controversial from its 1895 publication to the present, Jude the Obscure scandalized Victorian critics, who condemned it as decadent, indecent, and degenerate. Between its frank portrayals of sexuality and its indictments of marriage, religion, and England's class system, the novel offended a broad swath of readers. Its heated reception led the embittered author to renounce fiction, turning his considerable talents ever afterward to writing poetry.
Hardy's last novel depicts a changing world, where a poor stonemason can aspire to a university education and a higher place in society — but where in reality such dreams remain unattainable. Thwarted at every turn, Jude Hawley abandons his hopes, is trapped into an unwise marriage, and pursues a doomed relationship with his free-spirited cousin, Sue Bridehead. The lovers find themselves equally incapable of living within the conventions of their era and of transcending its legal and moral strictures. Hailed by modern critics as a pioneering work of feminism and socialist thought, Hardy's tragic parable continues to resonate with readers.

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L'autore:

Tragedy haunts the works of Thomas Hardy (1840–1928), whose fiction abounds in star-crossed lovers and other characters thwarted by fate or their own shortcomings. Hardy's outspoken criticism of Victorian society excited such profound controversy that the author abandoned fiction and in the 20th century published only poetry.

Contenuti:

Author's Preface part first: At Marygreen part second: At Christminster part third: At Melchester part fourth: At Shaston part fifth: At Aldbrickham and Elsewhere part sixth: At Christminster Again

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• Editore: Dover Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0486452433
• ISBN 13: 9780486452432
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 400