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This is the last novel written by Thomas Hardy. In this book, the author describes the life of Jude Fawley, a working-class men who dreams of becoming a scholar.
The central themes of the plot are the unhappy marriages, the Christianity values and the social unrest.
Since I have read the main novels written by Thomas Hardy, it is hard to tell each one is my favorite. But I certainly will add Jude the Obscure in my main list of favorite books.
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This is the last novel written by Thomas Hardy. In this book, the author describes the life of Jude Fawley, a working-class men who dreams of becoming a scholar.
The central themes of the plot are the unhappy marriages, the Christianity values and the social unrest.
Since I have read the main novels written by Thomas Hardy, it is hard to tell each one is my favorite. But I certainly will add Jude the Obscure in my main list of favorite books.
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I am still mulling this one over, so I am not going to give it a rating yet. I can see why this was so controversial when it was published and while I didn't *enjoy* this one as much as some others by Hardy, it has a lot of meat.
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Three and a half stars.
Three and a half stars.
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This was a sad novel.
Aug 21, 2008
Brad
marked it as to-read
Apr 10, 2009
Christian
marked it as tjek-ud
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Kristina
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Rebecca Graf
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Dana Arbelaez
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May 04, 2014
Jaci McCon
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it was amazing
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