Jude the Obscure Part 4 Chapter 3

In which the delicate boundaries of Sue and Jude’s relationship are explored with gentle turmoil, leading to a kiss that unsettles Jude’s religious aspirations and prompts the symbolic burning of his theological books. Meanwhile, Sue wrestles with her constrained existence alongside her husband Phillotson, whose bewildered attempts at understanding only deepen the gulf between them as she seeks freedom from confining conventions within the home.