{"product_id":"9780679409939","title":"Jude the Obscure","description":"By: Thomas Hardy   | Series: Everyman's Library Classics Series \u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJude's story -- his futile desire to better himself through education, his failed marriage and doomed love for the free-spirited Sue Bridehead -- shows with heartbreaking clarity the devastating effects of prejudice and oppression upon innocent minds, and forms a passionate plea for tolerance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecause of its frank treatment of human sexuality and its unflinching fatalism, \u003ci\u003eJude the Obscure\u003c\/i\u003e aroused such a storm of controversy upon its publication in 1895 that, partly in response, Thomas Hardy abandoned the art of novel-writing altogether and devoted the rest of his life to poetry. Though we have come a long way in our social attitudes in the ensuing century, nothing about Hardy's masterpiece has lost its power to shock us and disturb our dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Everyman's Library","offers":[{"title":"US - Hardback","offer_id":46783944327395,"sku":"DTRPRUS-9780679409939","price":166.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/9780679409939.jpg?v=1751784160","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/zh\/products\/9780679409939","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}