One night, when he’s out drinking, he meets Arabella. He starts drinking all the time and he’s very depressed. Phillotson get married, Jude feels lost and alone. Jude doesn’t feel sorry for him because he has the one thing Jude really wants now-Sue. Phillotson’s also recently had his university application rejected, but at least he has teaching to fall back on. Jude’s jealous, although he knows he shouldn’t be. Phillotson, but he doesn’t expect them to fall in love with each other. He arranges for her to work with his old teacher, Mr.

Jude knows he shouldn’t be in love with his cousin. The problem is that he’s immediately attracted to her. The only good thing to happen when he gets to Christminster is that he meets his cousin, Sue Bridehead. He feels like all his efforts have been for nothing. The university won’t accept his enrollment because he doesn’t have enough money. When Jude arrives at the university, he’s immediately disappointed. He journeys straight to Christminster to see the university. He’s angry at himself for letting a woman distract him from his dream. He studies less so he can spend time with her. However, a young woman called Arabella soon comes into his life, and he can’t resist her. Between working and studying, he has no time for friends or relationships. Meanwhile, he apprentices as a stonemason to earn money to fuel his dream.

He assumes they’ll look past his impoverished background and welcome him into the university. Jude then teaches himself complex subjects such as classical languages to impress the admissions board and professors at Christminster. He makes Jude believe that talent, perseverance and ambition are enough to let you achieve your dreams, however poor you are. Jude’s relatives try to dissuade him from these dreams, but his teacher, Mr. Jude wants to study at the local prestigious university, known as Christminster, which is Hardy’s fictional name for Oxford University. He’s raised by relatives who want him to get a job and earn stable money, but he dreams of bigger things. Jude’s an orphan, and he’s always been poor. The protagonist is a man called Jude Fawley. The book is set in Victorian England in a small town called Wessex, where most of Hardy’s novels are set. Jude the Obscure was his last completed novel. Hardy is best known for his poetry, although he wrote several novels. It began as a magazine serial before its official publication, which was common in the 19th century. The book’s themes of class, marriage, education, and opportunities make it still relevant and relatable today. First published in 1895, it tells the story of a man working as a stonemason who desperately wants to study at university, but he can’t afford the fees because he’s stuck in a loveless marriage. Jude the Obscure is a classic novel by Thomas Hardy.

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