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In Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure, Jude Fawley, a working-class man, aspires to study at Christminster. Navigating societal barriers, personal setbacks, and emotional turbulence, he is entangled with Arabella Donn and later deeply in love with his intellectually gifted cousin, Sue Bridehead. Their complex relationships reveal harsh critiques of marriage, religion, and class structures. The source material contains depictions and references to child murder, child suicide, suicide attempts, miscarriage, and sexual coercion.