{"product_id":"jude-the-obscure-chiltern-classics-hardback","title":"Jude the Obscure - Chiltern Classics Hardback","description":"\u003ch2\u003eJude the Obscure - Chiltern Classics Hardback\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(47, 20, 20);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Remember that the best and greatest among mankind are those who do themselves no worldly good. Every successful man is more or less a selfish man. The devoted fail...” Jude the Obscure, 1895\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThomas Hardy's tragic story of poor stonemason Jude Fawley who aspires to study at 'Christminster' having self-taught himself Classical Greek and Latin. Any hopes are prevented when he dutifully marries Arabella Donn a local girl claiming to be pregnant after seducing the naive Jude. When this marriage fails he again tries to enter the university by supporting himself as a stonemason while studying alone at 'Christminster'. There he meets and falls in love with his cousin Sue Bridehead, she initially forsakes him, before entering into their own 'unconventional' and tragic marriage. In Jude Fawley Hardy created a character whose life becomes one of despair where the spiritual values of the past are lost over time. This was to be Thomas Hardy's last novel.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-Kramer_5-0\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith this Chiltern Classic Edition of \"Jude the Obscure\" you are owning one of Thomas Hardy's famous novels presented in a beautiful hardback cover. Each book is embossed with a stunning floral design and each page delicately edged in silver paint. There are many cover versions of Hardy's novel but we feel sure that this hardback version of \"Jude the Obscure\" will stand out on your bookcase and become a cherished part of your classic book collection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-processed=\"true\" data-wiz-uids=\"hMyTlc_1l,hMyTlc_1m\" class=\"uJ19be notranslate\"\u003e\u003cspan data-processed=\"true\" data-wiz-attrbind=\"class=hMyTlc_1k\/TKHnVd\" data-animation-atomic=\"\" class=\"vKEkVd\"\u003eHardback - 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFree UK Shipping 🚚\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Am","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58170621002115,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0274\/4834\/4679\/files\/81Ew5AFDulL._SL1500.jpg?v=1780411237","url":"https:\/\/thejaneaustenshop.co.uk\/products\/jude-the-obscure-chiltern-classics-hardback","provider":" thejaneaustenshop.co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}