Bower o'BlissĪ barmaid at the Christminster pub. FrecklesĪ barmaid at the Christminster pub. One of the laborers Jude works with as a stone-mason at Christminster. The boy's nickname arises from his serious, almost morbid, nature. He does not meet his father until Jude and Sue adopt him at 'an intelligent age'. CartlettĪrabella’s second husband, whom she married in Australia before getting divorced from Jude. Gillingham works as a teacher in Shaston. She becomes a close friend of Jude and Sue. Widow EdlinĪ kindly old widow whom Jude hires to take care of Aunt Drusilla when the latter falls ill. Tinker TaylorĪ Christminster ironmonger who occasionally drinks with Jude. The disciplinarian headmistress of the Melchester training school for teachers. HighridgeĪ young clergyman who works at Marygreen. Phillotson hires as a chaperone so he can give private lessons to Sue. Sue lives with her when she is working as a designer in Christminster before she meets Jude. He does not arrive for his task on time, which leads Jude to try to kill the pig himself. The professional butcher that Jude and Arabella pay to kill and skin their pig. She and Anny advise Arabella to get pregnant in order to coerce Jude into marriage. One of Arabella’s friends who helps her dress pork for Mr. She is present when Arabella and Jude meet for the first time. AnnyĪ friend of Arabella’s who helps her with her chores. The flirtatious daughter of a pig-butcher who lives in Alfredston, near Marygreen. Physician VilbertĪ foppish “itinerant quack-doctor” (30) who takes advantage of the cottagers of Wessex by selling them fake medicines.
She has a nervous disposition and has trouble making decisions about relationships. She rebels in her marriage and carries out a scandalous affair with Jude. Sue is a modern woman and a free-thinker. She works first as an artist-designer and later as a teacher. Farmer TrouthamĪ Marygreen farmer who pays eleven-year-old Jude to scare the birds away from his fields. She is a fiercely pious evangelical who raises him indifferently after Jude's father dies. Jude's elderly great-aunt, who works as a baker in Marygreen. He never realizes his dream of getting a university degree, and marries Sue Bridehead, twenty years his junior. The schoolmaster of Marygreen, and young Jude Fawley's role model. The novel follows his career woes and his tumultuous love life, centered on his tragic relationship with cousin Sue Bridehead. He works as a stone-mason and academic life is always outside of his reach. A young man with a passion for learning who aspires to be a professor despite his position in the working class.
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