false \ 386294 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191467046m/386294.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191467046m/386294.jpg 50798 126 2011241 book 1895 Jude the Obscure total:6125|5:1944|4:2024|3:1398|2:492|1:267| 6125 23261 8330 588 207083 0375757414 9780375757419 201 31 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172684598m/207083.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/207083.Jude_the_Obscure 5 26 false Thu Nov 12 15:18:50 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 20:32:23 -0800 2009 more...]]> 50798 0486452433 9780486452432 4969 419 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170371747m/50798.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50798.Jude_the_Obscure 4 8 false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Sep 05 17:51:11 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 09:04:33 -0800 2009
I can't fault Hardy's tal...more...]]> 677604 0140431314 9780140431315 85 8 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177050583m/677604.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/677604.Jude_the_Obscure 3 3 false Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 1996 Mon Jul 21 11:57:03 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 12:23:49 -0700 2008 Jude the Obscure would be an ideal book for secondary school pupils struggling with their book reports. See, the way Hardy wrote the novel, the reader is not required to think for himself about what th...more...]]> 50798 0486452433 9780486452432 4969 419 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170371747m/50798.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50798.Jude_the_Obscure 5 3 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Mon Jul 23 13:35:03 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 01:40:37 -0800 2009 more...]]> 50798 0486452433 9780486452432 4969 419 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170371747m/50798.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50798.Jude_the_Obscure 3 5 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Wed Nov 14 13:45:26 -0800 2007 Thu Apr 03 20:13:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 207083 0375757414 9780375757419 201 31 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172684598m/207083.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/207083.Jude_the_Obscure 2 2 false Mon Jul 02 08:06:29 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 02 08:06:29 -0700 2007 more...]]> 78211 0760703000 9780760703007 62 9 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170921535m/78211.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/78211.Jude_the_Obscure 5 2 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994 Fri Aug 03 13:12:30 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 03:36:43 -0800 2009 Bleak is the entire point of Jude the Obscure. In fact, most of Thomas Hardy's works can be summed up with that same word.

Characters in Hardy's books make bad decisions. As a reader, you "watch" them make bad deci...more...]]> 50798 0486452433 9780486452432 4969 419 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170371747m/50798.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50798.Jude_the_Obscure 5 4 false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Dec 31 13:16:53 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 31 13:20:57 -0800 2007 more...]]> 50798 0486452433 9780486452432 4969 419 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170371747m/50798.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50798.Jude_the_Obscure 4 2 false Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Tue Oct 02 14:50:02 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 02 15:54:33 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1705185 0451523709 9780451523709 28 8 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1187151005m/1705185.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1705185.Jude_the_Obscure 4 1 false Wed Nov 26 14:09:55 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 12:48:46 -0800 2008
I found it validating an...more...]]> 1168807 1593080352 9781593080358 47 10 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181591998m/1168807.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1168807.Jude_the_Obscure 4 1 false Fri Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 18 20:53:40 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 05:54:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 677604 0140431314 9780140431315 85 8 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177050583m/677604.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/677604.Jude_the_Obscure 4 1 false Sat Dec 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Aug 18 21:28:53 -0700 2008 Wed Dec 10 01:01:39 -0800 2008 1
I felt misled about this book. It wasn't nearly as dark and depressing as it claimed to be, and as such was disappointing to me. Also it seemed to be less about Jude's struggles to get into a university (indeed he seemed to give up rather easily to my mind) as promised by t...more...]]> 328892 160312067X 9781603120678 82 8 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173797284m/328892.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/328892.Jude_the_Obscure 0 1 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990 Wed Sep 19 06:05:27 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 19 06:21:03 -0700 2007 more...]]> 50798 0486452433 9780486452432 4969 419 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170371747m/50798.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50798.Jude_the_Obscure 5 1 false Wed Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 15 09:10:41 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 19 06:16:52 -0700 2008
Eight years later, I have...more...]]> 50798 0486452433 9780486452432 4969 419 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170371747m/50798.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50798.Jude_the_Obscure 4 1 false Wed Jul 23 15:02:09 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 09 22:28:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 50798 0486452433 9780486452432 4969 419 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170371747m/50798.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50798.Jude_the_Obscure 4 1 false Fri Aug 29 04:17:04 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 29 04:23:55 -0700 2008
I'm only about thirty pages in, but so...more...]]> 207083 0375757414 9780375757419 201 31 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172684598m/207083.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/207083.Jude_the_Obscure 1 1 false Sun Aug 26 20:12:47 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 07:11:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 50798 0486452433 9780486452432 4969 419 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170371747m/50798.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50798.Jude_the_Obscure 1 1 false Tue Apr 24 06:51:50 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 18:23:12 -0800 2009 more...]]> 50798 0486452433 9780486452432 4969 419 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170371747m/50798.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50798.Jude_the_Obscure 4 1 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri Nov 16 08:45:20 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 16 08:47:17 -0800 2007
Something did.

I finished ...more...]]> 50798 0486452433 9780486452432 4969 419 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170371747m/50798.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50798.Jude_the_Obscure 2 1 false Thu Nov 20 14:27:47 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 06:41:35 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=386294