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  • Published: 1 October 2010
  • ISBN: 9781409059554
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 448

Far From the Madding Crowd





Hardy's most enchanting novel is about unrequited love, missed opportunities and romance

'Vital, passionate, spirited - from the moment Bathsheba appears she is beguiling' Independent

When Bathsheba Everdean arrives in the small village of Weatherbury she captures the heart of three very different men; Gabriel Oak, a quiet shepherd, the proud, obdurate Farmer Boldwood and dashing, unscrupulous Sergeant Troy. The battle for her affections will have dramatic, tragic and surprising consequences in this classic tale of love and misunderstanding.

  • Published: 1 October 2010
  • ISBN: 9781409059554
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 448

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Persuasion
The Black Tulip
The Lady of the Camellias
On Sparta
Love
Annals
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Praise for Far From the Madding Crowd

Hardy expounds on his favourite themes: misunderstandings, missed opportunities, unrequited love and fatal omissions

Sunday Times

Hardy's Far from the Madding Crowd is the most romantic book I have ever read. I love the line where he says: "Whenever you look up, there I shall be - and whenever I look up there will be you." It is very simple and understated, but also incredibly romantic

Liz Jensen, Independent

Hardy's warmest and most enchanting novel

Daily Express

The age-old dilemma - mind-blowing passion versus a man who knows how to put up shelves

Independent

Vital, passionate, spirited - from the moment Bathsheba appears she is beguiling. You can denounce her faults - she's selfish and capricious - but it's hard not to admire her determined independence

Di Speirs (executive producer of readings at the BBC), Independent
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