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Overview
Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) is Thomas Hardy's fourth novel and his first major literary success. It originally appeared anonymously as a monthly serial in Cornhill Magazine, where it gained a wide readership. The novel is the first to be set in Hardy's fictional county of Wessex in rural south west England. It deals in themes of love, honour and betrayal, against a backdrop of the seemingly idyllic, but often harsh, realities of a farming community in Victorian England. It describes the farmer Bathsheba Everdene, her life and relationships-especially with her lonely neighbour William Boldwood, the faithful shepherd Gabriel Oak, and the thriftless soldier Sergeant Troy.
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- ISBN-13: 9781545167502
- ISBN-10: 1545167508
- Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publish Date: April 2017
- Dimensions: 9.02 x 5.98 x 0.45 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.64 pounds
- Page Count: 214
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