Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

Part of the Chiltern Classics range.

Far From A Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy tells the story of a farmer named Gabriel Oak who falls in love with a headstrong, independent woman named Bathsheba Everdene. Bathsheba also has other suitors but refuses to marry because she wishes to remain independent. Eventually, however, she meets a soldier named Troy whom she falls in love with. Bathsheba and Troy marry in secret but their marriage is not a happy one.

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The poet and novelist Thomas Hardy is perhaps most famous for his powerfully visual novels. Thomas Hardy was born in Higher Bockhampton, in Dorset - and the fictitious Wessex where he sets most of his novels is clearly inspired by south-west England. Son of a stonemason, and trained as an architect, he wrote in his spare time until the success of Far From The Madding Crowd (1874). Between 1874 and 1895, he wrote over a dozen novels and collections of stories, including The Return of the Native (1878), The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886) and Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891). After the adverse reception of the savagely bleak Jude the Obscure (1895) he turned to poetry, which he continued to write and publish throughout the rest of his life.

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ISBN 13	9781914602016
ISBN 10	1914602013
Title	Far From the Madding Crowd
Author	Thomas Hardy
Series	Chiltern Classics
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Chiltern Publishing
Year published	2021-09-30
Number of pages	480
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.