内容简介
In 1895 Hardy's final novel, the great tale of Judethe Obscure, sent shock waves of indignationrolling across Victorian England. Hardy haddared to write frankly about sexuality and toindict the institutions of marriage, education,and religion. But he had, in fact, created a deeplymoral work. The stonemason Jude Fawley is adreamer; his is a tragedy of unfulfilled aims.With his tantalizing cousin Sue Bridehead, thelast and most extraordinary of Hardy's heroines,Jude takes on the world--and discovers, tragically,its brutal indifference.The most powerful expression of Hardy's philosophy,and a profound exploration of man's essentialloneliness, Jude the Obscure is a great and beautifulbook. "His style touches sublimity." --T. S. Eliot