JUDE THE OBSCURE

By Thomas Hardy

PART FIRST At Marygreen
	Chapter I
	Chapter II
	Chapter III
	Chapter IV
	Chapter V
	Chapter VI
	Chapter VII
	Chapter VIII
	Chapter IX
	Chapter X
	Chapter XI
PART SECOND At Christminster
	Chapter I
	Chapter II
	Chapter III
	Chapter IV
	Chapter V
	Chapter VI
	Chapter VII
PART THIRD At Melchester
	Chapter I
	Chapter II
	Chapter III
	Chapter IV
	Chapter V
	Chapter VI
	Chapter VII
	Chapter VIII
	Chapter IX
	Chapter X
PART FOURTH At Shaston
	Chapter I
	Chapter II
	Chapter III
	Chapter IV
	Chapter V
	Chapter VI
PART FIFTH At Aldbrickham and Elsewhere
	Chapter I
	Chapter II
	Chapter III
	Chapter IV
	Chapter V
	Chapter VI
	Chapter VII
	Chapter VIII
PART SIXTH At Christminster Again
	Chapter I
	Chapter II
	Chapter III
	Chapter IV
	Chapter V
	Chapter VI
	Chapter VII
	Chapter VIII
	Chapter IX
	Chapter X
	Chapter XI

A PAIR OF BLUE EYES

by Thomas Hardy

PREFACE
Chapter I	'A fair vestal, throned in the west'
Chapter II	'Twas on the evening of a winter's day.'
Chapter III	'Melodious birds sing madrigals'
Chapter IV	'Where heaves the turf in many a mould'ring heap.'
Chapter V	'Bosom'd high in tufted trees.'
Chapter VI	'Fare thee weel awhile!'
Chapter VII	'No more of me you knew, my love!'
Chapter VIII	'Allen-a-Dale is no baron or lord.'
Chapter IX	'Her father did fume'
Chapter X	'Beneath the shelter of an aged tree.'
Chapter XI	'Journeys end in lovers meeting.'
Chapter XII	'Adieu! she cries, and waved her lily hand.'
Chapter XIII	'He set in order many proverbs.'
Chapter XIV	'We frolic while 'tis May.'
Chapter XV	'A wandering voice.'
Chapter XVI	'Then fancy shapes-as fancy can.'
Chapter XVII	'Her welcome, spoke in faltering phrase.'
Chapter XVIII	'He heard her musical pants.'
Chapter XIX	'Love was in the next degree.'
Chapter XX	'A distant dearness in the hill.'
Chapter XXI	'On thy cold grey stones, O sea!'
Chapter XXII	'A woman's way.'
Chapter XXIII	'Should auld acquaintance be forgot?'
Chapter XXIV	'Breeze, bird, and flower confess the hour.'
Chapter XXV	Mine own familiar friend.'
Chapter XXVI	'To that last nothing under earth.'
Chapter XXVII	'How should I greet thee?'
Chapter XXVIII	'I lull a fancy, trouble-tost.'
Chapter XXIX	'Care, thou canker.'
Chapter XXX	'Vassal unto Love.'
Chapter XXXI	'A worm i' the bud.'
Chapter XXXII	'Had I wist before I kist'
Chapter XXXIII	'O daughter of Babylon, wasted with misery.'
Chapter XXXIV	'Yea, happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.'
Chapter XXXV	'And wilt thou leave me thus?-say nay-say nay!'
Chapter XXXVI	'The pennie's the jewel that beautifies a'.'
Chapter XXXVII	'After many days.'
Chapter XXXVIII	'Jealousy is cruel as the grave.'
Chapter XXXIX	'Each to the loved one's side.'
Chapter XL	'Welcome, proud lady.'

THE WOODLANDERS

By Thomas Hardy

CHAPTER I	CHAPTER II	CHAPTER III	CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V	CHAPTER VI	CHAPTER VII	CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX	CHAPTER X	CHAPTER XI	CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII	CHAPTER XIV	CHAPTER XV	CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII	CHAPTER XVIII	CHAPTER XIX	CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI	CHAPTER XXII	CHAPTER XXIII	CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV	CHAPTER XXVI	CHAPTER XXVII	CHAPTER XXVIII
CHAPTER XXIX	CHAPTER XXX	CHAPTER XXXI	CHAPTER XXXII
CHAPTER XXXIII	CHAPTER XXXIV	CHAPTER XXXV	CHAPTER XXXVI
CHAPTER XXXVII	CHAPTER XXXVIII	CHAPTER XXXIX	CHAPTER XL
CHAPTER XLI	CHAPTER XLII	CHAPTER XLIII	CHAPTER XLIV
CHAPTER XLV	CHAPTER XLVI	CHAPTER XLVII	CHAPTER XLVIII

SATIRES OF CIRCUMSTANCE LYRICS AND REVERIES WITH MISCELLANEOUS PIECES

By Thomas Hardy

Lyrics and Reveries—			PAGE
	In Front of the Landscape		3
	Channel Firing		7
	The Convergence of the Twain		9
	The Ghost of the Past		12
	After the Visit		14
	To Meet, or Otherwise		16
	The Difference		18
	The Sun on the Bookcase		19
	“When I set out for Lyonnesse”		20
	A Thunderstorm in Town		21
	The Torn Letter		22
	Beyond the Last Lamp		25
	The Face at the Casement		27
	Lost Love		30
	“My spirit will not haunt the mound”		31
	Wessex Heights		32
	In Death divided		35
	The Place on the Map		37
	Where the Picnic was		39
	The Schreckhorn		41
	A Singer asleep		42
	A Plaint to Man		45
	God’s Funeral		47
	Spectres that grieve		52
	“Ah, are you digging on my grave?”		54
Satires of Circumstance—
	I.	At Tea	59
	II.	In Church	60
	III.	By her Aunt’s Grave	61
	IV.	In the Room of the Bride-elect	62
	V.	At the Watering-place	63
	VI.	In the Cemetery	64
	VII.	Outside the Window	65
	VIII.	In the Study	66
	IX.	At the Altar-rail	67
	X.	In the Nuptial Chamber	68
	XI.	In the Restaurant	69
	XII.	At the Draper’s	70
	XIII.	On the Death-bed	71
	XIV.	Over the Coffin	72
	XV.	In the Moonlight	73
Lyrics and Reveries (continued)—
	Self-unconscious		77
	The Discovery		80
	Tolerance		81
	Before and after Summer		82
	At Day-close in November		83
	The Year’s Awakening		84
	Under the Waterfall		85
	The Spell of the Rose		88
	St. Launce’s revisited		90
Poems of 1912–13–
	The Going		95
	Your Last Drive		97
	The Walk		99
	Rain on a Grace		100
	“I found her out there”		102
	Without Ceremony		104
	Lament		105
	The Haunter		107
	The Voice		109
	His Visitor		110
	A Circular		112
	A Dream or No		113
	After a Journey		115
	A Death-ray recalled		117
	Beeny Cliff		119
	At Castle Boterel		121
	Places		123
	The Phantom Horsewoman		125
Miscellaneous Pieces—
	The Wistful Lady		129
	The Woman in the Rye		131
	The Cheval-Glass		132
	The Re-enactment		134
	Her Secret		140
	“She charged me”		141
	The Newcomer’s Wife		142
	A Conversation at Dawn		143
	A King’s Soliloquy		152
	The Coronation		154
	Aquae Sulis		157
	Seventy-four and Twenty		160
	The Elopement		161
	“I rose up as my custom is”		163
	A Week		165
	Had you wept		167
	Bereft, she thinks she dreams		169
	In the British Museum		170
	In the Servants’ Quarters		172
	The Obliterate Tomb		175
	“Regret not me”		183
	The Recalcitrants		185
	Starlings on the Roof		186
	The Moon looks in		187
	The Sweet Hussy		188
	The Telegram		189
	The Moth-signal		191
	Seen by the Waits		193
	The Two Soldiers		194
	The Death of Regret		195
	In the Days of Crinoline		197
	The Roman Gravemounds		199
	The Workbox		201
	The Sacrilege		203
	The Abbey Mason		210
	The Jubilee of a Magazine		222
	The Satin Shoes		224
	Exeunt Omnes		227
	A Poet		228
Postscript—
	“Men who march away”		229

JUDE THE OBSCURE

By Thomas Hardy

CONTENTS

A PAIR OF BLUE EYES

by Thomas Hardy

CONTENTS

THE WOODLANDERS

By Thomas Hardy

CONTENTS

SATIRES OF CIRCUMSTANCE LYRICS AND REVERIES WITH MISCELLANEOUS PIECES

By Thomas Hardy

CONTENTS