خلاصه داستان : در اواخر دهه 1800 انگلیس ، جود قصد دارد به شهر برود و در دانشگاه شرکت کند اما زود ازدواج می کند و به یک سنگسار تبدیل می شود. هنگامی که همسرش ترک می کند ، به سمت شهر حرکت می کند ، جایی که او با پسر عموی لیبرال خود سو دوست می شود.

In late 19th-century England, Jude aspires to be an academic, but is hobbled by his blue-collar background. Instead, he works as a stonemason and is trapped in an unloving marriage to a farmer's daughter named Arabella. But when his wife leaves him, Jude sees an opportunity to improve himself. He moves to the city and begins an affair with his married cousin, Sue, courting tragedy every step of the way.