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Far From the Madding Crowd (Evergreens)
Thomas Hardy
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Description for Far From the Madding Crowd (Evergreens)
Paperback. Part of the Alma Classics Evergreens series, this new edition includes pictures and an extensive section on Hardy's life and works. Series: Alma Classics Evergreens. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
Bathsheba Everdene is a headstrong young woman who attracts the attentions of a succession of ill-matched suitors: a quiet sheep farmer, a handsome soldier and an older, wealthy landowner. As the men vie for her affections, she struggles to retain her independence of spirit in the face of their declarations. Introducing readers to the fictional county of Wessex, Thomas Hardy's fourth work of fiction was one of his greatest triumphs, both commercially and critically. Its tale of passion, jealousy and unrequited love is now regarded as one of the finest novels of the nineteenth century, and one of ... Read more
Bathsheba Everdene is a headstrong young woman who attracts the attentions of a succession of ill-matched suitors: a quiet sheep farmer, a handsome soldier and an older, wealthy landowner. As the men vie for her affections, she struggles to retain her independence of spirit in the face of their declarations. Introducing readers to the fictional county of Wessex, Thomas Hardy's fourth work of fiction was one of his greatest triumphs, both commercially and critically. Its tale of passion, jealousy and unrequited love is now regarded as one of the finest novels of the nineteenth century, and one of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Series
Alma Classics Evergreens
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Richmond, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847496300
SKU
V9781847496300
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About Thomas Hardy
The Victorian novelist and poet Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) is most famous today for his novels Far from the Madding Crowd, Jude the Obscure and Tess of the d'Urbervilles, and other works set in the semi-fictional region of Wessex.
Reviews for Far From the Madding Crowd (Evergreens)
Far from the Madding Crowd is the first of Thomas Hardy's great novels, and the first to sound the tragic note for which his fiction is best remembered.
Margaret Drabble
Margaret Drabble