无名的裘德(Jude the Obscure)简介：
Hardy's last and most controversial novel, Jude the Obscure caused much outrage when it was published in 1895. Jude Fawley, poor and working-class, longs to study at the University of Christminster, but his ambitions to go to university are thwarted by class prejudice and his entrapment in a loveless marriage. He falls in love with his unconventional cousin, Sue Bridehead, and their refusal to marry when free to do so confirms their rejection of and by the world around them. The shocking fate that overtakes them is an indictment of a rigid and uncaring society. This is the first truly critical edition, taking account of the changes that Hardy made over twenty-five years. Hardy's last, and most controversial novel, this revised edition has the first truly critical text, a new chronology and bibliography, and substantially revised notes.

《无名的裘德》以悲怆的笔调叙述了乡村青年裘德一生的悲剧。裘德好学深思、刻苦自修，却始终被拒之于大学门外。女主人公淑聪颖美貌，更重要的是具有独立的人格和思想，蔑视世俗和僵化的宗教，但她跟裘德的爱情却为教会所不容、世俗所不齿。裘德壮志不酬、谋职无路、告贷无门，绝望中，他的长子同弱妹幼弟一同吊死。淑遭此惨变，终向命运和教会屈服，离开了深爱的裘德，自由的思想、独立的人格均遭毁弃。裘德则终日纵酒，郁郁成疾，年未满三十即含恨而终。