"Jude the Obscure" offers a brutally honest critique of Victorian society through the eyes of Jude and Sue. This novel is for those who enjoy a tragic love story that challenges social conventions. Hardy's writing evokes a range of emotions and vividly portrays the struggles of impoverished individuals trying to navigate societal hierarchies.

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Jude Fawley's hopes of a university education are lost when he is trapped into marrying the earthy Arabella, who later abandons him. Moving to the town of Christminster where he finds work as a stonemason, Jude meets and falls in love with his cousin Sue Bridehead, a sensitive, freethinking 'New Woman'.

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