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Jude the Obscure
by Hardy, Thomas
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Original dark green cloth, t.e.g. Small closed tears at top of spine, else fine. Bookplate of Claude (Smith.)
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: James Osgood, McIlvanie & Co, 1896. First edition. With an Etching by H. Macbeth-Raeburn and a map of Wessex. vii, 515 pp. 8vo. Original dark green cloth, t.e.g. Small closed tears at top of spine, else fine. Bookplate of Claude (Smith.). First edition. With an Etching by H. Macbeth-Raeburn and a map of Wessex. vii, 515 pp. 8vo.
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
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 304849
- Title
- Jude the Obscure
- Author
- Hardy, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- With an Etching by H. Macbeth-Raeburn and a map of Wessex. vii, 515 pp. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Original dark green cloth, t.e.g. Small closed tears at top of spine, else fine. Bookplate of Claude (Smith.)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- James Osgood, McIlvanie & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1896
- Keywords
- British | Thomas Hardy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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About the Seller
James Cummins Bookseller
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New York, New York
About James Cummins Bookseller
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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