by Thomas Hardy · ELT · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140813968
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«Jude the Obscure» is the graded reader edition of Thomas Hardy's novel, published by ELT in paperback (80 pages, in English).
Jude Fawley, a stonemason of humble origins, dreams of entering university, but a hasty marriage to Arabella diverts him from his purpose. In Christminster, he works as a stonecutter and falls in love with his cousin Sue Bridehead, a young woman of independent spirit; together they clash with the strict conventions of Victorian society.
It belongs to the Penguin English: Simply Stories collection, level 4, aimed at learners of English as a foreign language. The original novel was published in 1895.
For English learners who want to read a classic in an adapted level 4 version.
Thomas Hardy was an English novelist, poet and architect. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, including the poetry of William Wordsworth. He was highly critical of much in Victorian society, especially on the declining status of rural people in Britain such as those from his native South West England.
