Jude the Obscure

About this film

LibriVox recording of Jude The Obscure, by Thomas Hardy. Read by Tadhg Eleven-year-old Jude Fawley, inspired by his teacher Mr. Phillotson, who leaves Marygreen for Christminster to take a university degree, decides to adopt the same course for himself. Raised by his great-aunt, he studies hard with the aid of some old Latin and Greek books sent to him by Phillotson.He trains as a stonemason in order to enable him to support himself when at the university.However when he finally arrives in Christminster he soon finds that a university education is not easily comeby for one of his social standing.Meeting and falling in love with his cousin Sue Bridehead his future becomes a series of challanges to his moral, religious and social beliefs. For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B 01-29 (193MB) Download M4B 30-53 (195MB)

Directors & creators

Thomas Hardy

Subjects

fiction;literature;librivox;audiobook;hardy

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