![]() ![]() Jude returns to Arabella and eventually dies miserably. In penance, Sue returns to Phillotson and the church. Their poverty and the weight of society's disapproval begin to take a toll on Sue and Jude the climax occurs when Jude's son by Arabella hangs Sue and Jude's children and himself. ![]() Unable to bear living with Phillotson, she returns to live with Jude and eventually bears his children out of wedlock. Out of a sense of obligation, Sue marries the schoolmaster Phillotson, who has helped her. He earns a living as a stonemason at Christminster there he falls in love with his independent-minded cousin, Sue Bridehead. Sidetracked by Arabella Donn, an earthy country girl who pretends to be pregnant by him, Jude marries her and is then deserted. Jude Fawley, a poor villager, wants to enter the divinity school at Christminster. Hardy's last work of fiction, Jude the Obscure is also one of his most gloomily fatalistic, depicting the lives of individuals who are trapped by forces beyond their control. ![]() British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author),Įnglish fiction, history and criticism, 19th century, ![]()
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