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Saturday 5th April 2025
Starts 11:00 until 20:30
Kings Arms Hotel, 30 High E St, Dorchester DT1 1HF
Starts 11:00 until 20:30
Kings Arms Hotel, 30 High E St, Dorchester DT1 1HF
Jude the Obscure Study Day
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 (though the title page says 1896). It is Hardy's last completed novel. The protagonist, Jude Fawley, is a working-class young man; he is a stonemason who dreams of becoming a scholar. The other main character is his cousin, Sue Bridehead, who is his central love interest. The novel is concerned in particular with issues of class, education, religion, morality and marriage.
Speakers include :
Dr Tony Fincham
Alban O’Brien
Mark Damon Chutter
Date: Saturday 5 April 2025
11-5 pm Casterbridge Room at the King’s Arms.
6-7 pm There will be poetry
The cost of the day is £50 (including buffet lunch but not the evening meal at the Kings Arms)
7 pm A three-course meal at the King’s Arms or A la carte - pay on the night
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