Jude l'obscur - Hardy, Thomas

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Résumé :
L'histoire se d?roule dans une r?gion du Sud-Ouest de l'Angleterre, appel?e Wessex. Jude Fawley, jeune orphelin campagnard, r?ve de devenir aussi savant que son ancien ma?tre d'?cole, Richard Phillotson. Il entreprend d'?tudier seul le latin et le grec dans l'espoir de pouvoir entrer ? l'universit? de Christminster, ville fictive inspir?e d'Oxford. Pour gagner sa vie, il devient apprenti tailleur de pierres. Mais l'appel de la chair le d?tourne de mani?re inattendue de ses aspirations. Une jeune paysanne d?lur?e, Arabella Donn a t?t fait de mettre la main sur Jude et de l'amener ? l'?pouser sous pr?texte de pr?server son honneur.

Biographie:
Thomas Hardy OM (2 June 1840 - 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, including the poetry of William Wordsworth. He was highly critical of much in Victorian society, especially on the declining status of rural people in Britain, such as those from his native South West England. While Hardy wrote poetry throughout his life and regarded himself primarily as a poet, his first collection was not published until 1898. Initially, he gained fame as the author of novels such as Far from the Madding Crowd (1874), The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886), Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891), and Jude the Obscure (1895). During his lifetime, Hardy's poetry was acclaimed by younger poets (particularly the Georgians) who viewed him as a mentor. After his death his poems were lauded by Ezra Pound, W. H. Auden and Philip Larkin....

Sommaire:
Thomas Hardy OM (2 June 1840 - 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, including the poetry of William Wordsworth. He was highly critical of much in Victorian society, especially on the declining status of rural people in Britain, such as those from his native South West England. While Hardy wrote poetry throughout his life and regarded himself primarily as a poet, his first collection was not published until 1898. Initially, he gained fame as the author of novels such as Far from the Madding Crowd (1874), The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886), Tess of the d&apos...