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Jude the Obscure
Thomas Hardy
Fiction
In rural 19th-century England, Jude Fawley dreams of following his old school teacher, Phillotson, to Christminster, the seat of an ancient university. He falls for Arabella and, believing she is pregnant, he marries her. The marriage turns sour and she leaves him. Jude moves to Christminster, where he works as a stonemason and studies by night. He meets his cousin, Sue Bridehead, and becomes obse
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