or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
 
Express Checkout with PayPhrase
What's this? | Create PayPhrase
More Buying Choices
23 used & new from $3.95
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
Jude the Obscure
 
See larger image 
Share your own customer images
Publisher: learn how customers can search inside this book.
Tell the Publisher!
I’d like to read this book on Kindle

Don’t have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here.
 
  

Jude the Obscure (Paperback)

~ Thomas Hardy (Author)
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
Price: $15.95 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. Gift-wrap available.

Only 1 left in stock--order soon (more on the way).

Want it delivered Thursday, February 11? Choose One-Day Shipping at checkout. Details
14 new from $14.39 8 used from $3.95 1 collectible from $30.00

Frequently Bought Together

Customers buy this book with Cry, the Beloved Country (Oprah's Book Club) by Estella Gerstung

Jude the Obscure + Cry, the Beloved Country (Oprah's Book Club)
Price For Both: $26.15

Show availability and shipping details

  • This item: Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

    In Stock.
    Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
    Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details

  • Cry, the Beloved Country (Oprah's Book Club) by Estella Gerstung

    In Stock.
    Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
    Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Cry, the Beloved Country (Oprah's Book Club)

Cry, the Beloved Country (Oprah's Book Club)

by Estella Gerstung
4.2 out of 5 stars (255)  $10.20
Brideshead Revisited

Brideshead Revisited

by Evelyn Waugh
4.4 out of 5 stars (121)  $9.74
Lucky Jim (Penguin Classics)

Lucky Jim (Penguin Classics)

by K. Amis
4.5 out of 5 stars (73)  $10.20
London: The Novel

London: The Novel

by Edward Rutherfurd
3.9 out of 5 stars (206)  $12.89
Cutting for Stone (Vintage)

Cutting for Stone (Vintage)

by Abraham Verghese
4.7 out of 5 stars (205)  $9.32
› Explore similar items

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

There's a tale that goes around even now regarding Thomas Hardy -- that is, that the reaction of readers to one of his novels was so intense -- and so disturbing! -- that he swore off novels and spent the rest of his life committing poetry. Well, the story is true, the way it happens, and this is the book responsible: Jude the Obscure. This is the book that created thunderstorms of antipathy so intense that Hardy just didn't want to face it again, ever. Read it now and see what the fuss was all about!

Product Details

  • Paperback: 348 pages
  • Publisher: Aegypan (February 1, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 160312067X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1603120678
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,433,548 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

Jude the Obscure
31% buy the item featured on this page:
Jude the Obscure 5.0 out of 5 stars (2)
$15.95
Jude the Obscure (Oxford World's Classic)
29% buy
Jude the Obscure (Oxford World's Classic)
$8.95
Jude the Obscure (Oxford World's Classics)
19% buy
Jude the Obscure (Oxford World's Classics) 4.2 out of 5 stars (4)
$6.95
Jude the Obscure (Second Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)
17% buy
Jude the Obscure (Second Edition) (Norton Critical Editions) 4.0 out of 5 stars (140)
$13.34
Explore similar items

Tags Customers Associate with This Product

 (What's this?)
Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
 
(4)
(2)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
Agree with these tags?
See all 19 tags...

Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags

Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store

If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store. Learn more
 

Customer Reviews

2 Reviews
5 star:
 (2)
4 star:    (0)
3 star:    (0)
2 star:    (0)
1 star:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
5.0 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Class(ic) Novel, August 25, 2007
By Christine Zibas "AnythngArt" (Chicagoland, IL, USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)      
Thomas Hardy is not for the faint of heart (...or easily depressed). For years, I had been meaning to read this book, and finally it somehow came back onto my reading list. This is a book that even had such a profound impact on the readers of its time that the fallout caused Thomas Hardy to swear off writing more novels and stick with poetry instead. Yes, it's that powerful of a book. Will it be easy going? No, the writing is dense, yet powerful in its storytelling.

"Jude the Obscure" is the story of thwarted academic ambition and failed love affairs. Jude is a stone mason who has had from childhood a strong desire to go to Christminster University (read Christchurch College, Oxford University), and lead the life of an academic, but his station in life and eventual romantic entanglements prevent him from ever fulfilling his ambition. If this wasn't heart-wrenching enough, these impossible romantic ties leave him miserable at every turn. His first wife "traps" him into marriage and then decides that he isn't a very good catch and moves to Australia in search of a better life (eventually returning to complicate his life further). Jude then falls in love with his cousin, but their tortured relationship is Jude's undoing.

Despite this novel's gloomy turns, it captures the time and atmosphere and social history of English country life and class barriers very well. Hardy's novel opens our eyes to just how difficult life could be for the working class and the barriers to ever moving out of such a situation, no matter how industrious a person could be. No matter what Jude endeavored to accomplish, it would never be enough to help him leave his assigned station in life, and this is what makes him "obscure" and his situation so hopeless...and Hardy's novel so very compelling.
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No


 
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Jude the Obscure is a tragedy of the common man aspiring for education in Victorian society, July 15, 2007
Jude the Obscure was written in 1895 by the great Victorian novelist and poet Thomas Hardy (1840-1928). It was his last novel before he turned to poetry. The tale of Jude Fawley is a tragic look at a stonemason who dreamed of university and a life of books.
Jude is married to the slatternly Arabella. She seduced Jude and is an ignorant Wessex woman. One chilling chapter depicts a pig killing which was abhorrent to the animal loving Hardy. Hardy also tells of the torture endured by a rabbit caught in a trap; a horse that is kicked and other wanton signs of cruelty inflicted by humans on the animal kingodm. Hardy understand the English countryside and knew the lower middle class world well.
After several years of misery being married to Arabella she leaves Jude emigrating to Australia. She weds there and later returns to England with a son who was fathered by Jude. The child is neglected and doomed. His name is "Little Father Time."
Jude dreams of study at Christminister (Hardy's name for Oxford). but due to his class and lack of money his dreams fail to materialize. Jude takes up with Sue his cousin and the two live together in defiance of society. Eventually both Jude and Sue will return to their spouses. Sue returns to a sexless marriage with the wimpy schoolmaster Richard. Jude dies of a wasting disease in an obscure bedroom.
Hardy disliked marriage. His own first marriage was unhappy. In this novel he attacks the institution of marriage through the disasters Jude experienced with Arabella and Sue.
The novel was savagely attacked for its immorality. Today it stands as one of the greatest novels of late Victorian fiction.
Anyone who enjoys reading should read Jude the Obscure.
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No

Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
Only search this product's reviews


Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 


Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
Search all Amazon discussions
   

Product Information from the Amapedia Community

Beta (What's this?)

Look for Similar Items by Category

Look for Similar Items by Subject

Search Books by subject:










i.e., each book must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...
 

Feedback

If you need help or have a question for Customer Service, contact us.
 Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
Is there any other feedback you would like to provide?

Your comments can help make our site better for everyone.


Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.