Resultado da Busca
Há 2 dias · Jude the Obscure Thomas Hardy (Modern Library, 1923) [1895] 505 p. In my notes on The Return of the Native I remarked that Hardy portrayed marriage as an impediment to happiness. The same remark, underlined and in bold face, could be made about Jude the Obscure, a book that is, to a significant degree, all…
21 de mai. de 2024 · A peal of six bells struck out, human faces began to crowd the windows around, and the procession of Heads of Houses and new Doctors emerged, their red-and-black gowned forms passing across the field of Jude's vision like inaccessible planets across an object-glass.
8 de mai. de 2024 · It was a new idea—the ecclesiastical and altruistic life as distinct from the intellectual and emulative life. A man could preach and do good to his fellow-creatures without taking double-firsts in the schools of Christminster, or having anything but ordinary knowledge.
19 de mai. de 2024 · Cartlett's interest in Jude, whatever it might have been when Arabella was new to him, had plainly flagged since her charms and her idiosyncrasies, her supernumerary hair-coils, and her optional dimples were becoming as a tale that is told.
27 de mai. de 2024 · Thomas Hardy's "Jude the Obscure" is a profound and tragic exploration of ambition, love, and societal constraints. Set against the backdrop of the rigid and unforgiving social landscape of Victorian England, this powerful novel delves into the life of Jude Fawley, a stonemason with dreams of academic achievement and personal ...
Há 3 dias · The Victorians is the second volume to appear in The Oxford English Literary History, a series commissioned by the late Kim Scott Walwyn to replace the fifteen-volume Oxford History of English Literature (the last part of which was published as recently as 1997). The general editor, Jonathan Bate, claims that all the contributors to ...
14 de mai. de 2024 · Comedian Michael Ian Black is tackling a great work of literature: Wuthering Heights. Join Michael's weekly book club as he reads aloud from a classic and asks people like Jen Kirkman, Mike Birbiglia, Michael Showalter, and even his teenage kids to weigh in with their perspectives. Season 1: Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure.
