JUDE THE OBSCURE (VINTAGE CLASSICS) (PB)

Jude Fawley is a young man who longs to better himself and go to Christminster University. However, poverty forces him into a job as a stonemason and an unhappy marriage. When his wife leaves him, Jude moves to Christminster determined to follow his dream. There he meets and falls for his free-spirited cousin, Sue Bridehead. They refuse to marry, much to the disapproval of the community around them. The novel caused outrage when it was published in 1895 and, as a result, was the last novel Hardy ever wrote.