Jude the Obscure
by Thomas Hardy
598 pages~10 hrs
“To love is a scandal; to dream is a sin.”
Jude Fawley yearns for the hallowed halls of academia, but a rigid class system and forbidden love threaten to tear his life apart. In this provocative and heart-wrenching classic, one man’s struggle against stifling Victorian morality reveals the high cost of daring to dream beyond one’s station.
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