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Quotation from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

“to point, without a mincing of words, the tragedy of unfulfilled aims”

Thomas Hardy

Jude the Obscure, Preface (August 1895) (Project Gutenberg text)

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Hardy describes the book as a novel for readers of full age about passion and thwarted ambition.

Citation: "to point, without a mincing of words, the tragedy of unfulfilled aims" — Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure, Preface (August 1895) (Project Gutenberg text). (id jude-the-obscure-q8)

Portrait: Thomashardy restored, Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain.

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