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Far from the madding crowd /

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 Ser...

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Main Authors: Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928.
Group Author: Morgan, Rosemarie; Russell, Shannon Lee
Published: Penguin Classics, and imprint of Penguin Books,
Publisher Address: UK :
Publication Dates: 2013.
©2000
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Penguin classics
Subjects:
Women farmers > Fiction.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) > Fiction.
Farm life > Fiction.
Manners and customs.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
Women farmers.
Dorset (England) > Social life and customs > 19th century > Fiction.
Wessex (England) > Fiction.
England > Dorset.
England > Wessex.
Summary: 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.
Carrier Form: xliv, 433 pages : map ; 21 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9780241240274
0241240271
Index Number: PR4745
CLC: I561.44
Call Number: I561.44/H272-49

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