Jude the Obscure

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First serialised in amagazine, Jude the Obscure was published as a book in 1895. It received muchcriticism, leading to it being jokingly referred to as 'Jude the Obscene'.Hardy's examination of 19th-century issues such as education,religion and marriage reflects his constant desire to show the reality of lifein Victorian Britain. The turbulent relationships of Jude and the two women inhis life, his cousin Sue and his wife Arabella, take the reader on arollercoaster of a ride that explores the emotions of love and grief as only Hardy can.