Thomas Hardy – Jude The Obscure – First Folio Edition 1992
£35.00
A first Folio Society edition, first printing of Jude The Obscure by Thomas Hardy, published by The Folio Society, London in 1992, with an introduction by Samuel Hynes, illustrated with wood engravings by Peter Reddick. A very fine book free from internal inscriptions, boards bound in publishers original grey cloth, with gilt titling on a black cartouche to the spine and black debossed corn dolly to the front panel, text blocks are bright and crisp with grey top-stain and with cartographic endpapers. In a black paper bound slip case.
Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy follows Jude Fawley, a working-class man who dreams of becoming a scholar. Despite his intelligence and ambition, societal constraints and personal misfortunes thwart his aspirations. His love for his cousin, Sue Bridehead, defies Victorian norms, leading to scandal and tragedy. The novel critiques social class, religion and marriage, presenting a bleak yet powerful commentary on human suffering and the limitations imposed by society. It remains one of Hardy’s most controversial works.
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A first Folio Society edition, first printing of Jude The Obscure by Thomas Hardy, published by The Folio Society, London in 1992, with an introduction by Samuel Hynes, illustrated with wood engravings by Peter Reddick. A very fine book free from internal inscriptions, boards bound in publishers original grey cloth, with gilt titling on a black cartouche to the spine and black debossed corn dolly to the front panel, text blocks are bright and crisp with grey top-stain and with cartographic endpapers. In a black paper bound slip case.
Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy follows Jude Fawley, a working-class man who dreams of becoming a scholar. Despite his intelligence and ambition, societal constraints and personal misfortunes thwart his aspirations. His love for his cousin, Sue Bridehead, defies Victorian norms, leading to scandal and tragedy. The novel critiques social class, religion and marriage, presenting a bleak yet powerful commentary on human suffering and the limitations imposed by society. It remains one of Hardy’s most controversial works.
