Tells the story of Bathsheba Everdene as she is courted and married to three different men and relates the consequences that result when Michael Merchard sells his wife and daughter
Tells the story of Bathsheba Everdene, who must choose among three suitors in Wessex in the 1840s.
Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Rosemarie Morgan with Shannon Russell.
This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the 1912 Wessex edition and features Hardy’s map of Wessex.
This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘Far from the Madding Crowd’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of Thomas Hardy’.
'. . . the past was yesterday; the future, tomorrow; never, the next day' It's the 1870s and Bathsheba Everdene is a woman ahead of her time.
The first of his works set in Wessex, Hardy's novel of swiftpassion and slow courtship is imbued with his evocative descriptions of rural life and landscapes, and with unflinching honesty about sexual relationships.
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Hardy's two versions of a strange story set in the weird landscape of Portland. The central figure is a man obsessed both with the search for his ideal woman and with sculpting the perfect figure of Aphrodite.
Far From The Madding Crowd