Name: Far From the Madding Crowd (Penguin Clothbound Classics)
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Author: Thomas Hardy
ISBN: 9780241240274

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Far From the Madding Crowd (Penguin Clothbound Classics)

Type

Physical Book

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Introduction by

Edited by

Publisher

Year

2015

Language

English

Pages

480

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

19.6 x 13.7 x 4.1 cm

Weight

0.59 kg.

ISBN13

9780241240274

Synopsis "Far From the Madding Crowd (Penguin Clothbound Classics) "

A Clothbound Classics edition of Thomas Hardy's impassioned novel of courtship in rural life In Thomas Hardy's first major literary success, 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, the 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. One of his first works set in the semi-fictional region of Wessex, Hardy's novel of swift passion and slow courtship is imbued with his evocative descriptions of rural life and landscapes, and with unflinching honesty about sexual relationships. This edition, based on Hardy's original 1874 manuscript, is the complete novel he never saw published, and restores its full candor and innovation. Rosemarie Morgan's introduction discusses the history of its publication, as well as the biblical and classical allusions that permeate the novel.

Thomas Hardy

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Thomas Hardy was an English novelist, short story writer, and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced in both his novels and his poetry by Romanticism, including the poetry of William Wordsworth

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