text: A character in this novel buys plaster statues of Venus and Apollo which she tells her landlady are statues of St. Peter and Mary Magdalene.
full_question: A character in this novel buys plaster statues of Venus and Apollo which she tells her landlady are statues of St. Peter and Mary Magdalene. In this novel, the protagonist and his wife separate shortly after he botches a pig-killing, and soon after separating, his wife leaves for Australia. When a boy's stepmother tells him she is going to have another child in this novel, the boy rebukes her and hangs himself and two siblings the next day. This novel's protagonist takes up masonry in order to live near the university in Christminster. In this novel, the schoolmaster Richard Phillotson loses his position after allowing his wife, Sue Bridehead, to leave him and live with the title character. For 10 points, name this final novel by Thomas Hardy.
first_sentence: A character in this novel buys plaster statues of Venus and Apollo which she tells her landlady are statues of St. Peter and Mary Magdalene.
raw_answer: Jude the Obscure