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Jude The Obscure by Thomas Hardy.

We had a look at Hardy's poetry at our poetry group and the novels were mentioned. I've never read this one, and it's the one that killed off Hardy's novel writing because it had a bad critical response.

As one of the printing apprentices said in Tom Sharpe's Wilt, "It's about a bloke called Jude"

"I am the avenging angel; I come with wings unfurled, I come with claws extended from halfway round the world. I am the God Almighty, I am the howling wind. I care not for your family; I care not for your kin. I come in search of terror, though terror is my own; I come in search of vengeance for crimes and crimes unknown. I care not for your children, I care not for your wives, I care not for your country, I care not for your lives." - (c) Jim Boyes - "The Avenging Angel"

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