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Utterly fantastic.' Eoin Colfer on Tin David and Penny's strange new home is surrounded by forest. It's the childhood home of their mother, who's recently died. But other creatures live here ... magical creatures, like tiny, hairy Pog.
The background of this tale is the Wessex countryside in all its moods, contriving to make it one of the most English of great English novels.
This edition, based on Hardy's original 1874 manuscript, is the complete novel he never saw published, and restores its full candor and innovation.
Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy Called "One of the Greatest Love Stories of All Time" by The Guardian in 2007, Far From the Madding Crowd is a pastoral romance set in the rural southwest region of England.
This Thomas Hardy novel was his first major literary success, even though he never saw it published.
"'I shall do one thing in this life. That is love you, long for you and keep wanting you...till I die.'" "Having inherited her father's farm, the spirited and feisty...
This edition, based on Hardy's original 1874 manuscript, is the complete novel he never saw published, and restores its full candor and innovation.
This edition, based on Hardy's original 1874 manuscript, is the complete novel he never saw published, and restores its full candor and innovation.
Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) is Thomas Hardy's fourth novel and his first major literary success. The novel is the first to be set in Hardy's fictional region of Wessex in rural south west England.
The book finished 10th on The Guardian's list of greatest love stories of all time in 2007.The novel has been dramatised several times, notably in the Oscar-nominated 1967 film directed by John Schlesinger.