This novel was the author's last, and after it he turned back to poetry because of public opinion. At one point in this novel, the title character attempts a suicide similar to his mother's, and unsuccessfully tries to break the ice on a frozen pond and fall to his death. His ambition is to become a student at Christminster, but women distract him.
This novel was the author's last, and after it he turned back to poetry because of public opinion. At one point in this novel, the title character attempts a suicide similar to his mother's, and unsuccessfully tries to break the ice on a frozen pond and fall to his death. His ambition is to become a student at Christminster, but women distract him. His wife Arabella eventually ceases to interest him and he becomes enamored of Sue Bridehead. His son, Little Father Time, hangs himself after killing the children the title character had with Sue. FTP, identify this Thomas Hardy work.          |
This novel was the author's last, and after it he turned back to poetry because of public opinion.
{Jude the Obscure}