Violence
StrongThree children die in an apparent murder-suicide, and their bodies are described.
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Jude the Obscure
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 November 1895 (though the title page says 1896). The protagonist, Jude Fawley, is a working-class young man; he is a stonemason who dreams of becoming a scholar.
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Project Gutenberg English HTML eBook 153, at https://www.gutenberg.org/files/153/153-h/153-h.htm. Selected primary text passages only. Abridgements, translations, illustrated editions and adaptations are unassessed.
Frightening & intense themes
StrongA child expresses despair about being unwanted. The discovery of the deaths leads to severe parental grief and self-blame.
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