Download or read book Thomas Hardy - The Mayor of Casterbridge / Jude the Obscure written by Simon Avery and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2008-11-13 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Reader's Guide analyses the critical history of two of Hardy's major tragic novels, from the time of their publication to the present. Simon Avery traces the changing critical fortunes of the texts and explores the diverse range of interpretations produced by different theoretical approaches.