Jude the obscure
Subtitle: an authoritative text : backgrounds and contexts criticism
By: Thomas Hardy ; edited by Norman Page
Contributors: Page, Norman
Edition: 2nd ed., a Norton critical ed.
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9780393972788
Subjects: Death; Illegitimate children; Fiction; Unmarried couples; Spouses; Adultery; Stonemasons; Education; Working class; Children; History
Description: Contains an authoritative text of a poor stone carver, Jude Fawley, who is torn between his dreams of a university education and the desires of his own carnal nature and also includes background information on the novel as well as Hardy's nonfictional writings and poems and comments by critics on his other works.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 467-468).