Jude the Obscure (Bantam Classics) - Softcover

Hardy, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553211919 ISBN 13: 9780553211917

Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, 1985

Synopsis

The parallel stories of working-class Jude rejected by the University of Christminster and Sue Bridehead outcast by society for her social and sexual rebellion focus dominant issues of the period. But the technique is far in advance of its time: Hardy presents what he calls 'a series of seemings', alternative and conflicting visions never resolved. This edition is based on a detailed study of textual transmission. It presents a 'clean' text by restoring Hardy's own characteristically light punctuation. The notes include variant readings which show startling changes made in the characterization of Sue during composition and revision.

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"His style touches sublimity."--T.S. Eliot

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About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0553211919
• ISBN 13: 9780553211917
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 528