Jude The Obscure – Thomas Hardy-By G.C. Saxena

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ISBN Code – 978-81-89770-87-7 HARDY JUDE THE OBSCURE G.C. SAXENA

Edited with: General Introduction, Detailed Chapter wise Summary with Critical Comments, Character- Sketches, Questions and Answer, etc.

ISBN Code -978-81-89770-87-7  HARDY JUDE THE OBSCURE (Hindi) G.C. SAXENA

Edited with: General Introduction, Chapter wise Summary with Critical Comments Character- Sketches, Questions and Answer, etc.

General Introduction

Life and Career of Thomas Hardy

Works of Thomas Hardy

An Acquaintance with the Major Novels of Hardy

Development of the English Novel and Thomas Hardy

Hardy’s Modernism

The Wessex of Hardy’s Novels

Hardy’s Philosophy of Life

Hardy’s Views on Fate or Destiny

Hardy’s Pessimism

Hardy’s Views on God

Hardy’s Views on Religion

Hardy’s Views on Death

Hardy’s Views on Society

Hardy’s Views on Marriage and Sex Relations

Hardy’s Treatment of Women

Hardy’s Rustic Characters

Hardy’s Views on Nature

The Art of Thomas Hardy

Hardy’s Plot-Construction

Hardy’s Characterization

Hardy’s Literary Style

Hardy’s Defects

Hardy and Shakespeare — As Tragic Artists

Some important Critical Opinions on Hardy and His Works

Chronology of Important Dates

A Critical Study of ‘Jude the Obscure’

Introduction to the Novel

Outline Story of the Novel

Persons and Places in the Novel

Plot Construction of the Novel

Themes of the Novel

Jude the Obscure as a Tragedy

The Modernity of Jude the Obscure

Hardy’s Philosophy of Life in Jude the Obscure

Critical Appreciation of Jude the Obscure

Select Literary Criticism

Detailed Chapter wise Summary with Critical Comments

Character-Sketches

Questions and Answers

A Chronology