JUDE THE OBSCURE
by Hardy, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Portland, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 1977. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. The true Collector's Edition, full leather binding with elaborate gilt decoration on covers and spine. All edge gilt, silk end papers, silk ribbon marker and nicely printed with clean, bright interior. A lovely edition not to be confused with the faux leather or cloth editions. ; Collector's Edition; 8vo; 427 pages .
Synopsis
Jude the Obscure is the last of Thomas Hardy's novels, begun as a magazine serial and first published in book form in 1895. The book was burnt publicly by the William Walsham How, Bishop of Wakefield, in that same year. Its hero Jude Fawley is a working-class young man who dreams of becoming a scholar. The two other main characters are his earthy wife, Arabella, and his cousin, Sue. Themes include class, scholarship, religion, marriage, and the modernisation of thought and society.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carlson Turner Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45921
- Title
- JUDE THE OBSCURE
- Author
- Hardy, Thomas
- Illustrator
- Agnes Miller Parker
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Collector's Edition
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1977
Terms of Sale
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Carlson Turner Books
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Portland, Maine
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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