Jude the Obscure无名的裘德 英文原版

图书标准信息

• 作者 Thomas Hardy（托马斯·哈代） 著
• 出版社 Random House US
• 出版时间 1985-03
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780553211917
• 定价 25.40元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 528页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Bantam Classics

【内容简介】

In1895Hardy'sfinalnovel,thegreattaleofJudetheObscure,sentshockwavesofindignationrollingacrossVictorianEngland.Hardyhaddaredtowritefranklyaboutsexualityandtoindicttheinstitutionsofmarriage,education,andreligion.Buthehad,infact,createdadeeplymoralwork.ThestonemasonJudeFawleyisadreamer;hisisatragedyofunfulfilledaims.WithhistantalizingcousinSueBridehead,thelastandmostextraordinaryofHardy'sheroines,Judetakesontheworld—anddiscovers,tragically,itsbrutalindifference.

ThemostpowerfulexpressionofHardy'sphilosophy,andaprofoundexplorationofman'sessentialloneliness,JudetheObscureisagreatandbeautifulbook.

【作者简介】

ThomasHardy(2June1840–11January1928)wasanEnglishnovelistandpoet.AVictorianrealist,inthetraditionofGeorgeEliot,hewasalsoinfluencedbothinhisnovelsandpoetrybyRomanticism,especiallybyWilliamWordsworth.CharlesDickensisanotherimportantinfluenceonThomasHardy.LikeDickens,hewasalsohighlycriticalofmuchinVictoriansociety,thoughHardyfocusedmoreonadecliningruralsociety.
WhileHardywrotepoetrythroughouthislife,andregardedhimselfprimarilyasapoet,hisfirstcollectionwasnotpublisheduntil1898.InitiallythereforehegainedfameastheauthorofsuchnovelsasFarfromtheMaddingCrowd(1874),TheMayorofCasterbridge(1886),Tessofthed'Urbervilles(1891),andJudetheObscure(1895).However,sincethe1950sHardyhasbeenrecognizedasamajorpoet,andhadasignificantinfluenceonTheMovementpoetsofthe1950sand1960s,includingPhillipLarkin.
Thebulkofhisfictionalworks,initiallypublishedasserialsinmagazines,weresetinthesemi-fictionalregionofWessexandexploredtragiccharactersstrugglingagainsttheirpassionsandsocialcircumstances.Hardy'sWessexisbasedonthemedievalAnglo-SaxonkingdomandeventuallycametoincludethecountiesofDorset,Wiltshire,Somerset,Devon,HampshireandmuchofBerkshire,insouthwestEngland.

　　托马斯·哈代（ThomasHardy），英国诗人、小说家。他是横跨两个世纪的作家，早期和中期的创作以小说为主，继承和发扬了维多利亚时代的文学传统；晚年以其出色的诗歌开拓了英国20世纪的文学。
　　哈代一生共发表了近20部长篇小说，其中最著名的当推《德伯家的苔丝》、《无名的裘德》(JudetheObscure)、《还乡》和《卡斯特桥市长》。诗8集，共918首，此外，还有许多以“威塞克斯故事”为总名的中短篇小说，以及长篇史诗剧《列王》。

【目录】

JUDE THE OBSCURE

A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHby Charles Child Walcutt

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