Jude the Obscure — Thomas Hardy

Title: Jude the Obscure — Thomas Hardy

Author: Thomas Hardy

Publisher: Macmillan London Ltd

Format: Paperback

Edition: New Wessex Edition, first published 1974 by Macmillan London Ltd. This copy is the fifth impression, 1978. General editor P. N. Furbank, introduction by Terry Eagleton.

ISBN: 0333168860

Condition: Second-hand. Worn vintage paperback with heavy cover rubbing, edge wear, corner wear, creasing, scuffing and surface marks. Spine shows significant rubbing, creasing and wear, but the book appears intact. Pages are age-toned but readable. Please see photos for the exact copy available.

Jude the Obscure is one of Thomas Hardy’s darkest and most socially critical novels. It follows Jude Fawley, a working-class stonemason whose hopes of education and self-improvement are gradually crushed by class barriers, religious convention, poverty and personal tragedy.