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ISBN: 0140431268

ISBN13: 9780140431261

Far from the Madding Crowd

By Cram, Duffy, Friedrichsen, Reding Beskeen Elizabeth Eisner Reding Jennifer Duffy, et al.

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'The first of Hardy's great novels, and the first to sound the tragic note for which his best fiction is remembered' Margaret Drabble Thomas Hardy's novel of swift passion and slow courtship is imbued with evocative descriptions of rural life, and with unflinching honesty about sexual relationships. Its heroine, Bathsheba Everdene, takes up her position as a farmer on a large estate, where her confident 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 when tragedy ensues, the stability of the whole community is threatened. Edited with an Introduction and notes by ROSEMARIE MORGAN with SHANNON RUSSELL This description may be from another edition of this product.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0140431268

ISBN13:9780140431261

Release Date:October 1978

Publisher:Penguin Classics

Length:496 Pages

Weight:0.62 lbs.

Dimensions:7.8" x 0.7" x 5.0"

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Rated 5 stars
A novel to wrap yourself up in

By Thriftbooks.com User, November 14, 2001

I have never read a Thomas Hardy novel and so have nothing to compare this to but I found Madding to be a marvelous love story. And what is more, it's a love story that you can actually believe because the characters are so human.The protagonist of sorts is Gabriel Oak, as nice a fellow as ever there was. He falls in love with the wild and flirtatious Bathsheba (she hates her name too, I think it was meant to be symbollic,...

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A Fun Hardy Read? It Exists

By Thriftbooks.com User, July 13, 2001

I've always condidered myself to be sort of an optimist; so it is really odd that I've always really loved Thomas Hardy's books. I count Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure among my very favorites, and whether or not it is my favorite, I think that The Mayor of Casterbridge is marvelously written. Still though, reading all of that fatalism and cynicism can be a little much. It was really nice to pick up this novel...

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