Jude the obscure Hardy, Thomas 1840-1928 creator author. Taylor, Dennis 1940- editor. text bibliography novel Romance fiction. Didactic fiction. Fiction. Didactic fiction. Romance fiction. enk 2019 monographic eng print xliii, 484 pages : map ; 21 cm This is the story of a young country workman obsessed by his ambition to become an Oxford student, interwoven with his fraught relationships with two women. General editor's preface -- Chronology: Hardy's life and works -- Map : The Wessex of the novels -- Bibliographical note -- Introduction -- Further reading -- A note on the history of the text -- Jude the obscure -- Appendix I: 'Postscript' to 1912 Wessex edition -- Appendix II: A note on the serial illustrations -- Appendix III: A note on the novel's chronology -- Appendix IV: List of place name parallels -- Glossary. Thomas Hardy ; edited with an introduction and notes by Dennis Taylor. Clothbound classics. Originally published: 1895. Reprint. Originally published in Penguin Classics: London : Penguin Books, 1998. Includes bibliographical references. e-uk-en Stonemasons England Wessex Fiction Adultery England Wessex Fiction Social stratification England Fiction Ambition Fiction England Social life and customs 19th century Fiction Wessex (England) Fiction Adultery Ambition Manners and customs Social stratification Stonemasons England England Wessex 1800-1899 fast PR4746 .A1 2019 823.8 London : Penguin Books, 1998. 9780241382691 0241382696 2020288699 AU@ 190121 20250308175600.5 in00004136029 eng