Far from the Madding Crowd (Wordsworth Classics)

Thomas Hardy

ISBN 10: 1853260673 / ISBN 13: 9781853260674

Published by Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Far from the Madding Crowd (Wordsworth Classics)
• Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853260673
• ISBN 13: 9781853260674
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: very_good

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Synopsis

Far from the Madding Crowd is perhaps the most pastoral of Hardy's Wessex novels. It tells the story of the young farmer Gabriel Oak and his love for and pursuit of the elusive Bathsheba Everdene, whose wayward nature leads her to both tragedy and true love. It tells of the dashing Sergeant Troy whose rakish philosophy of life was '...the past was yesterday; never, the day after'. And lastly, of the introverted and reclusive gentleman farmer, Mr Boldwood, whose love fills him with '...a fearful sense of exposure', when he first sets eyes on Bathsheba. The background of this tale is the Wessex countryside in all its moods.

About the Author

Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) had a writing career which spanned more than fifty years, and he is now considered both a major novelist and poet. His tales of Wessex, a fictional amalgamation of various south-west counties, have a lasting appeal, and many, such as 'The Mayor of Casterbridge' and 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles' have become popular television adaptations.