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Jude the Obscure is the thirteenth published novel by English author 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.
Initially, he gained fame as the author of novels such as Far from the Madding Crowd (1874), The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886), Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891) and Jude the Obscure (1895). During his lifetime, Hardy's poetry was acclaimed by younger poets (particularly the Georgians ) who viewed him as a mentor.
Thomas Hardy's novel Jude the Obscure is set in Christminster, "Wessex", a thinly fictionalised version of Oxford, and mentions the following colleges of Christminster University: [4] [5] [6] Biblioll College [ 7 ] ( Balliol )
Cripps the Carrier (Richard Doddridge Blackmore, 1876) – author of Lorna Doone; Robert Elsmere (Mrs Humphry Ward, 1888) Three Men in a Boat (Jerome K. Jerome, 1889) – a journey on the River Thames from Kingston to Oxford; A Young Oxford Maid (Sarah Tytler, 1890) Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy, 1895) – Oxford is called "Christminster" 1900 ...
However, Mid-Dorset and North Poole MP Vikki Slade told the House of Commons a Wessex mayor would be like the Thomas Hardy character Jude the Obscure. Dorset Council leader Nick Ireland said a ...
Jude the Obscure is a British television serial directed by Hugh David, starring Robert Powell, Fiona Walker, and Alex Marshall, first broadcast on BBC Television in early 1971. It is based on Thomas Hardy 's novel Jude the Obscure (1895).
The arm of St. Jude Thaddeus, a sacred relic of the Roman Catholic Church, is coming to St. Sebastian Parish in Akron as part of a 100-stop pilgrimage in the United States.. One of the 12 apostles ...
The term erotolepsy was first used by Thomas Hardy in his 1895 novel Jude the Obscure [1] to describe a passionate sensual desire and longing which is more violent and urgently felt than erotomania. [2] It has been variously described as "love-seizure" and "sexual recklessness". [3]