![]() ![]() Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library. ![]() HarperPerennialClassics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Far From the Madding Crowd ranked tenth on the Guardian’s list of greatest love stories of all time, and was adapted for film by the BBC in 2008. Published in 1874, Far From the Madding Crowd is the first of Thomas Hardy’s novels to be set in fictional “Wessex” and with its rich descriptions of rural life and landscapes, the novel firmly established Hardy as a popular novelist. Few issues tantalize and puzzle its readers. ![]() Each man unsettles Bathsheba’s life in some way, complicating her ideas of courtship and passion, and threatening to upset her quiet community. Far From the Madding Crowd is Thomas Hardys fourth novel and his first major literary success. The critical reputation of Far from the Madding Crowd has remained the most stable among Hardy’s novels, and for good reason. Thomas Hardy’s first literary masterpiece, Far From the Madding Crowd is the story of free-spirited Bathsheba Everdene, whose bold independence attracts the attention of three suitors: the frugal shepherd Gabriel Oak, the lonely farmer William Boldwood, and the dashing young soldier Sergeant Francis Troy. ![]()
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