![]() ![]() Philottson will play a significant role in Jude’s future life, and not in a good way, either.) Jude’s old schoolmaster, Richard Philottson, whom he admires and looks up to, has gone to Christminster. ![]() ![]() ![]() He views the college town of Christminster (Oxford), twenty miles away, as a center of learning and all that is fine in life. He longs to become an educated man, or even a minister, but, because of who he is and where he lives, he has little chance of ever being more than a stonemason, a trade he has chosen to provide enough money to support himself. Young Jude Fawley is a country lad without family or connections, raised by an elderly aunt who cares little for him. Jude the Obscure is a fascinating study of class distinction, conscience, and morality in the Victorian era. His novel Jude the Obscure was released in book form in 1895 after appearing in serialized form in a magazine. Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy ~ A Capsule Book Review by Allen KoppĮnglish writer Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) is known for a handful of novels including Tess of the D’Urbervilles, The Return of the Native, Far from the Madding Crowd, and the Mayor of Casterbridge. ![]()
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