Jude the Obscure Part 1 Chapter 5

In which a young and resolute Jude diligently pursues his classical studies in the humble setting of a bread-cart, braving both the constraints of his trade and local disapproval to glean knowledge from ancient texts; and with a thoughtful change of literary and spiritual focus, he turns to ecclesiastical matters and embarks upon the humble craft of stone masonry, seeking a livelihood that might sustain his scholarly aspirations. Throughout this period his earnest endeavours and solitary pilgrimages reveal the quiet struggles of a youth steadfastly striving to reconcile practical necessity with dreams of intellectual and artistic accomplishment.