Jude the Obscure (Oxford World's Classics)
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’ JUDE THE OBSCURE T H was born in Higher Bockhampton, Dorset, on June ; his father was a builder in a small way of business, and he was educated locally and in Dorchester before being articled to an architect. After sixteen years in that profession and the publication of his earliest novel Desperate Remedies ( ), he determined to make his career in literature; not, however, before his work as an architect had led to his meeting, at St Juliot in Cornwall, Emma Gi fford, who became his first wife in . In the s Hardy had written a substantial amount of unpublished verse, but during the next twenty years almost all his creative e ffort went into novels and short stories. Jude the Obscure, the last written of his novels, came out in , closing a sequence of fiction that includes Far from the Madding Crowd (), The Return of the Native ( ), Two on a Tower (), The Mayor of Casterbridge ( ), and Tess of the d’Urbervilles (). Hardy maintained in later life that only in poetry could he truly express his ideas; and the more than nine hundred poems in his collected verse (almost all published after ) possess great individuality and power. In Hardy was awarded the Order of Merit; in Emma died and two years later he married Florence Dugdale. Thomas Hardy died in January ; the work he left behind––the novels, the poetry, and the epic drama The Dynasts––forms one of the supreme achievements in English imaginative literature. P I is a Fellow and Tutor in English at St Anne’s College, Oxford. She has written the de finitive analysis of how Jude the Obscure evolved during composition, as well as several other articles and chapters on Hardy. ’ For over years Oxford World’s Classics have brought readers closer to the world’s great literature. Now with over titles –– from the ,-year-old myths of Mesopotamia to the twentieth century’s greatest novels –– the series makes available lesser-known as well as celebrated writing. The pocket-sized hardbacks of the early years contained introductions by Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, Graham Greene, and other literary figures which enriched the experience of reading. Today the series is recognized for its fine scholarship and reliability in texts that span world literature, drama and poetry, religion, philosophy and politics. Each edition includes perceptive commentary and essential background information to meet the changing needs of readers. OXFORD WORLD’S CLASSICS THOMAS HARDY Jude the Obscure Edited with an Introduction and Notes by PATRICIA INGHAM 1 3 Great Clarendon Street, Oxford Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide in Oxford New York Auckland Bangkok Buenos Aires Cape Town Chennai Dar es Salaam Delhi Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kolkata Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai Nairobi São Paulo Shanghai Singapore Taipei Tokyo Toronto and an associated company in Berlin Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries Published in the United States by Oxford University Press Inc., New York Text, Introduction, Note on the Text, Explanatory Notes © Patricia Ingham 1985 Updated Select Bibliography © Patricia Ingham 2002 Chronology © Patricia Ingham 2002 The moral rights of the author have been asserted Database right Oxford University Press (maker) First published as a World’s Classics paperback 1985 Reissued as an Oxford World’s Classics paperback 1998 Revised edition 2002 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organizations. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above You must not circulate this book in any other binding or cover and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Data available Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Hardy, Thomas, 1840–1928. Jude the obscure/Thomas Hardy; edited with an introduction and notes by Patricia Ingham. p. cm.––(Oxford world’s classics) Updated select bibliography. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0–19–280261–5 1. Stonemasons––Fiction. 2. Illegitimate children––Fiction. 3. Unmarried couples––Fiction. 4. Children––Death––Fiction. 5. Wessex (England)––Fiction. 6. Adultery––Fiction. I. Ingham, Patricia. II. Title. III. Oxford world’s classics (Oxford University Press). PR4746.A2.T39 2002 823 ′. 8––dc21 2001052326 ISBN 0–19–280261–5 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 Typeset in Ehrhardt by Re fineCatch Limited, Bungay, Suffolk Printed in Great Britain by Cox & Wyman Ltd. Reading, Berkshire GENERAL CONTENTS Yüklə 1,33 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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