'Jude' Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSXRECXrV4Q
A trailer for Michael Winterbottom's 1996 film adaptation of the novel starring Christopher Eccleston and Kate Winslet.
An Overview of Religion in Great Britain
http://www.victorianweb.org/religion/relov.html
A comprehensive description of the major sects and religious issues in Victorian Britain. This information is essential for understanding Sue and Jude's opinions on Christianity.
Understanding 'Jude the Obscure'
http://www.aresearchguide.com/jude.html
A bibliography with many helpful links to secondary sources about Jude the Obscure.
'Arguing About the Eastward Position': Thomas Hardy and Puseyism
http://www.jstor.org/stable/3045264
An academic article explaining the relationship between Hardy and Puseyism, a school of religious thought that is mentioned several times in Jude the Obscure.
Emma Hardy
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/JgiffordEH.htm
A biography of Thomas Hardy's wife, Emma, which explains her influence on his fiction and how Jude the Obscure (which strongly criticizes marriage) affected the couple's relationship.
