Far from the Madding Crowd - Softcover

Hardy, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0994317298 ISBN 13: 9780994317292

Publisher: Thalassic Press, 2015

Synopsis

Thomas Hardy was born in June, 1840, and died in January, 1928. He grew up in Higherbockhampton, Dorset, the son of a stonemason. Trained as an architect he began writing poetry in the 1860s but did not publish his first novel, Desperate Remedies, until 1871. Far from the Madding Crowd, published in 1874, was Hardy's fourth novel. A classic tale of passion and betrayal, it was a literary success, achieving excellent critical reveiws and widespread popularity.

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Cambridge Literature is a series of literary texts edited for study by students aged 14-18 in English-speaking classrooms. It will include novels, poetry, short stories, essays, travel-writing and other non-fiction.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Thalassic Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0994317298
• ISBN 13: 9780994317292
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 348