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Thomas Hardy’s Jude the Obscure criticised university elitism – it still rings true today

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par Shelley Galpin, Lecturer in Culture, Media and Creative Industries, King's College London

Thomas Hardy’s final novel, Jude the Obscure (1895), was ahead of its time in more ways that one. Upon its publication, it provoked controversy with its explicit criticism of organised religion and traditional marriage, leading to book burnings and public criticism.

Hardy attributed the public criticism to his retirement from novel writing. He had already courted controversy in the…

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