The book can be the sister novel of Tess of the Dāurbervilles. It narrates the life tragedy of Jude, a young man in the countryside, in a tragic style. Hardy claims that the novel will āpainstakingly interpret a tragic life with unfulfilled ambitionsā. Jude the Obscure points out how the shackles of social morality, law, marriage and other stereotypes stifle peopleās free will and desire with distinctive social criticism.
The book can be the sister novel of Tess of the Dāurbervilles. It narrates the life tragedy of Jude, a young man in the countryside, in a tragic style. Hardy claims that the novel will āpainstakingly interpret a tragic life with unfulfilled ambitionsā. Jude the Obscure points out how the shackles of social morality, law, marriage and other stereotypes stifle peopleās free will and desire with distinctive social criticism.