Jude the Obscure is a novel by Thomas Hardy, which began as a magazine serial in December 1894 and was first published in book form in 1895.
The novel is concerned in particular with issues of class, education, religion, morality and marriage..
The other main character is his cousin, Sue Bridehead, who is also his central love interest.
Its protagonist, Jude Fawley, is a working-class young man, a stonemason, who dreams of becoming a scholar.
It is Hardy\'s last completed novel.
Jude the Obscure is a novel by Thomas Hardy, which began as a magazine serial in December 1894 and was first published in book form in 1895