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Jude the obscure , by Thomas Hardy , is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics :
All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influencesbiographical, historical, and literaryto enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. 0in 0in 0pt">Virginia Woolf called him the greatest tragic writer among English novelists,” but Thomas Hardy was so distressed by the shocked outrage that greeted Jude the obscure in 1895 that he decided to quit writing novels. For in telling the story of Jude Fawley, whose many attempts to rise above his class are crushed by society or the forces of nature, Hardy had attacked Victorian society’s most cherished institutionsmarriage, social class, religion, and higher education. A poor villager, Jude Fawley longs to study at the elite University of Christminster, but his ambitions are thwarted by class prejudiceand an earthy country girl who tricks him into marriage by pretending to be pregnant.Entrapped in a loveless marriage, he becomes a stonemason and falls in love with his cousinthe intellectual, free-spirited Sue Bridehead, who is also unhappy in marriage. Sue leaves her husband to live with Jude and eventually bears his children out of wedlock. Their poverty and the weight of society’s disapproval begin to take their toll on the couple, forcing them into a shattering downward spiral that ends in one of the most shocking scenes in all of literature.A stunning masterpiece, Jude the obscure is Hardy’s bleakest and most personal novel. Amy M. King is an Assistant Professor of Literature at the California Institute of Technology, and the author of Bloom: The Botanical Vernacular in the English Novel , forthcoming from oxford University Press. She is also the author of articles on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British literature and culture, and has taught widely in the English novel at Haverford College and Caltech. King received her doctorate in 1998 from Harvard University in English and American Literature and Language.
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This book involves Hardy's views on many aspects, such as religion, marriage, family, education, industrialism, society, etc. If u really want me to summarize, then i will tell u briefly that this is a story about a man who is too poor to go to the univers...
评分This book involves Hardy's views on many aspects, such as religion, marriage, family, education, industrialism, society, etc. If u really want me to summarize, then i will tell u briefly that this is a story about a man who is too poor to go to the univers...
评分This book involves Hardy's views on many aspects, such as religion, marriage, family, education, industrialism, society, etc. If u really want me to summarize, then i will tell u briefly that this is a story about a man who is too poor to go to the univers...
评分This book involves Hardy's views on many aspects, such as religion, marriage, family, education, industrialism, society, etc. If u really want me to summarize, then i will tell u briefly that this is a story about a man who is too poor to go to the univers...
评分This book involves Hardy's views on many aspects, such as religion, marriage, family, education, industrialism, society, etc. If u really want me to summarize, then i will tell u briefly that this is a story about a man who is too poor to go to the univers...
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这本小说的叙事节奏犹如一场缓慢而沉重的潮汐，将我这位不速之客拖入了一个由误解、绝望和道德困境交织而成的泥沼。作者对十九世纪乡绅阶层内部那种根深蒂固的虚伪和压抑的性情刻画得入木三分，空气中弥漫着一种令人窒息的陈腐气息。我尤其欣赏他对自然环境的描写，那些阴沉的、变幻莫测的天气，与其说它们是背景，不如说是角色内心世界的投射。当主要人物陷入困境时，窗外的风暴似乎也在为他们的痛苦和挣扎而呼啸。整本书读下来，感觉就像是站在一座即将坍塌的古老庄园前，每一块石头，每一次吱呀作响的门轴，都在无声地诉说着家族秘密的重量。虽然故事的走向令人心碎，甚至可以说残忍，但正是这种毫不留情的真实感，让它拥有了超越时代的力量。我得承认，读到某些情节时，我不得不停下来，揉揉发酸的眼睛，那不仅仅是为书中的人物流泪，更是为那个时代在体面外壳下潜藏的巨大悲剧性感到悲哀。
评分阅读体验上，这本书提供了一种缓慢燃烧的、持续的紧张感。它不是依靠突如其来的情节高潮来抓住你，而是通过一种持续渗透的、预示着灾难即将来临的氛围来锁定你的注意力。我发现自己常常会不自觉地屏住呼吸，期待着某个角色能做出一个更明智的选择，哪怕只是一个微小的转机，但命运似乎铁了心地要将他们推向深渊。这种“求而不得”的阅读体验，虽然折磨人，却也证明了作者高超的心理操纵技巧。他成功地让我们对这些受困的角色产生了深切的同情，尽管他们的行为有时令人费解，但我们理解那份被逼入绝境的无助。读完最后一页时，我没有感到轻松，反而有一种被掏空的疲惫感，仿佛自己也一同度过了一生的苦难。这是一部令人难以释怀的、深刻反思人类处境的杰作。
评分从叙事的角度来看，这本书的结构极其精巧，犹如一个复杂的钟表装置。每一个次要人物的出现，每一个看似不经意的事件，最终都会像多米诺骨牌一样，以一种令人震惊的方式相互关联起来。我特别关注了作者是如何处理时间跨度的，他能够在几十年的人生画卷中自由穿梭，却始终保持着一种清晰的线索感，从不让读者迷失在繁复的家庭纠葛中。这种对宏大叙事的驾驭能力，实在令人叹服。更让我印象深刻的是，它并没有急于给出廉价的希望或道德上的评判。它只是铺陈事实，展示后果，把最终的判断权交还给读者。这种冷静的态度，反而比歇斯底里的控诉更有力量。每一次翻页，都像是在揭开一层厚厚的、沾满尘土的帷幔，而帷幔后露出的，往往是比想象中更令人不安的景象。
评分这本书最让我感到震撼的是它对于“社会契约”的颠覆性探讨。在那个时代，人们对荣誉、婚姻和阶层有着近乎神圣的固执，然而作者却无情地撕开了这层遮羞布，展示了在这些宏大概念之下，有多少不堪的秘密和人性的卑劣在悄悄滋长。我尤其欣赏他对于女性角色复杂心境的描绘，她们被困在必须扮演的完美形象中，内心的火焰或被完全压制，或以一种毁灭性的方式爆发出来。这种对社会规范的深层批判，是这部作品持久魅力的关键。它不是在讲述一个简单的爱情或悲剧故事，而是在探讨：当一个人试图完全遵循社会既定的规则生活时，他最终会付出何种代价？答案无疑是沉重的，沉重到几乎无法承受。这是一部需要带着敬畏之心去阅读的经典。
评分我得说，这绝对不是一本能让你感到“愉悦”的书，但它无疑是一部艺术品级别的文学作品，其力量在于其冰冷的精准度。作者仿佛是一位冷酷的外科医生，用最锋利的手术刀解剖着人性中最幽暗的角落。角色们的命运仿佛被某种宿命论的铁链紧紧捆绑，无论他们如何挣扎、如何试图通过看似合理的社会规范来寻求救赎，最终都只会导向更深的绝境。我非常喜欢他对于语言的运用，那些看似平实的对话背后，蕴藏着惊涛骇浪般的情感张力。你必须放慢速度去品味那些长句，它们层层递进，将你引向一个无可辩驳的结论。这种写作手法，要求读者付出全部的专注力，它拒绝敷衍。读完之后，我感到了一种罕见的、近乎宗教审判般的涤荡感，仿佛自己也经历了一场漫长而艰难的朝圣之旅，虽然终点布满荆棘，但过程的深刻是无与伦比的。
评分The book that has the most influence on me. This is one of the Best books i have ever read. I strongly encourage u all to read it! Can't stress how good it is; though u might find it's depressing, but it's just too Realistic. Trust me, Jude is everywhere... and one of us might become one, and that is completely possible :D
评分The book that has the most influence on me. This is one of the Best books i have ever read. I strongly encourage u all to read it! Can't stress how good it is; though u might find it's depressing, but it's just too Realistic. Trust me, Jude is everywhere... and one of us might become one, and that is completely possible :D
评分The book that has the most influence on me. This is one of the Best books i have ever read. I strongly encourage u all to read it! Can't stress how good it is; though u might find it's depressing, but it's just too Realistic. Trust me, Jude is everywhere... and one of us might become one, and that is completely possible :D
评分The book that has the most influence on me. This is one of the Best books i have ever read. I strongly encourage u all to read it! Can't stress how good it is; though u might find it's depressing, but it's just too Realistic. Trust me, Jude is everywhere... and one of us might become one, and that is completely possible :D
评分The book that has the most influence on me. This is one of the Best books i have ever read. I strongly encourage u all to read it! Can't stress how good it is; though u might find it's depressing, but it's just too Realistic. Trust me, Jude is everywhere... and one of us might become one, and that is completely possible :D
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