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  • Published: 5 May 2003
  • ISBN: 9780141439655
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 480
  • RRP: $14.99

Far From the Madding Crowd




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Independent and spirited Bathsheba Everdene has come to Weatherbury to take up her position as a farmer on the largest estate in the area. Her bold presence draws three very different suitors: the gentleman-farmer Boldwood, soldier-seducer Sergeant Troy and the devoted shepherd Gabriel Oak. Each, in contrasting ways, unsettles her decisions and complicates her life, and tragedy ensues, threatening the stability of the whole community. The first of his works set in Wessex, Hardy's novel of swiftpassion and slow courtship is imbued with his evocative descriptions of rural life and landscapes, and with unflinching honesty about sexual relationships.

  • Published: 5 May 2003
  • ISBN: 9780141439655
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 480
  • RRP: $14.99

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