Jude the Obscure
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Jude the Obscure is a bleak Victorian novel by Thomas Hardy that follows the tragic life and thwarted ambitions of a working-class man striving for education and social mobility.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jude the Obscure canonical | 3 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Victorian novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ tragic novel ⓘ |
| adaptation |
1969 film adaptation
ⓘ
1971 BBC television serial ⓘ 1996 film "Jude" ⓘ |
| author | Thomas Hardy ⓘ |
| centralConflict | individual aspirations versus social constraints ⓘ |
| ChristminsterRepresents | Oxford ⓘ |
| controversy | perceived immorality on publication ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresFictionalPlace | Christminster ⓘ |
| firstEditionPublisher | Osgood, McIlvaine & Co. ⓘ |
| firstPublicationMedium |
Harper’s New Monthly Magazine
ⓘ
surface form:
Harper's New Monthly Magazine
The Graphic ⓘ |
| firstPublishedAs | serial ⓘ |
| genre |
realist novel
ⓘ
social novel ⓘ tragedy ⓘ |
| influenced |
debates on marriage reform
ⓘ
later modernist writers ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
naturalism
ⓘ
realism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Arabella Donn
ⓘ
Jude Fawley ⓘ Richard Phillotson ⓘ Sue Bridehead ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bleak tone
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critique of Victorian marriage laws ⓘ critique of class barriers in education ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Thomas Hardy's major novels ⓘ |
| positionInAuthorCareer | last completed novel by Thomas Hardy ⓘ |
| protagonist | Jude Fawley ⓘ |
| protagonistAmbition |
social advancement
ⓘ
university education ⓘ |
| protagonistSocialClass | working class ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1895 ⓘ |
| reactionOnPublication | hostile reviews from conservative critics ⓘ |
| settingCountry | England ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| theme |
class
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education ⓘ fatalism ⓘ marriage ⓘ religion ⓘ sexual morality ⓘ social mobility ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.