Far from the Madding Crowd
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4.6 • 9 Ratings
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- $5.99
Publisher Description
'The first of Hardy's great novels, and the first to sound the tragic note for which his best fiction is remembered' Margaret Drabble
Thomas Hardy's novel of swift passion and slow courtship is imbued with evocative descriptions of rural life, and with unflinching honesty about sexual relationships. Its heroine, Bathsheba Everdene, takes up her position as a farmer on a large estate, where her confident presence draws three very different suitors: the gentleman-farmer Boldwood, the soldier-seducer Sergeant Troy and the devoted shepherd Gabriel Oak. Each, in contrasting ways, unsettles her decisions and complicates her life, and when tragedy ensues, the stability of the whole community is threatened.
Edited with an Introduction and notes by ROSEMARIE MORGAN with SHANNON RUSSELL
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Epic love story? Check. Gorgeous descriptions of the English countryside? Check. Ahead-of-her-time feminist protagonist? Double check. There are so many reasons to love Victorian novelist Thomas Hardy's Far from the Madding Crowd, including the fact that it’s being made into a movie starring Carey Mulligan. We enjoyed being swept away by the drama and tumultuous passions that pass between the charismatic, headstrong Bathsheba and her variously suitable suitors.
