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Well, what a depressing book. Poor, poor Jude.

Second reading. A masterpiece!

'When people of a later age look back upon the barbarous customs and superstitions of the times that we have the unhappiness to live in, what will they say!' -Sue (pg 254)
If I were to sum up Jude the Obscure, and really all of Hardy's novels in a sentence, that would be the one.
I loved Sue and the internal battles she had to fight as a result of her progressive inclinations in an unyielding and unforgiving world. The banter between Jude and Sue on the topics of religion and marriage was masterf ...more
If I were to sum up Jude the Obscure, and really all of Hardy's novels in a sentence, that would be the one.
I loved Sue and the internal battles she had to fight as a result of her progressive inclinations in an unyielding and unforgiving world. The banter between Jude and Sue on the topics of religion and marriage was masterf ...more

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