Far from the Madding Crowd

Name: Far from the Madding Crowd
Author: Thomas Hardy
ISBN: 9781910343920

Author: Thomas Hardy
Series: Timeless Classic
Language: English
Length: 354 pages
ISBN: 9781910343920
Published: 15 August 2014
Imprint: Sovereign

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In "Far from the Madding Crowd," Thomas Hardy introduces us to Bathsheba Everdene, a spirited and independent woman who inherits a farm in the rural village of Weatherbury. Her arrival sparks interest among three vastly different suitors: Gabriel Oak, a steadfast shepherd; Sergeant Frank Troy, a charismatic but reckless soldier; and William Boldwood, a prosperous and obsessive farmer. This timeless narrative weaves themes of love, nature, and fate as Bathsheba navigates the complexities of the heart against the backdrop of the pastoral English countryside.

Author

Thomas Hardy (1840–1928) gave English literature its most unforgettable tragic landscapes — the imagined county of Wessex, where heath, village, and market town hold the fate of ordinary lives. In Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Jude the Obscure, The Mayor of Casterbridge, and Far from the Madding Crowd, he wrote characters undone by chance, desire, and the hard edges of Victorian society.

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