num_pages: 724
description: Against the backdrop of peaceful south-west England, complex characters make choices which often lead to tragic results.Spirited Bathsheba in Far From The Madding Crowd must choose between three suitors; her choice provokes disaster, Henchard--the mayor of Casterbridge--loses everything through an act of selfishness and cruelty, yet he commands sympathy as much as condemnation.
language: English
title: Three Great Novels: Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Far from the Madding Crowd, The Mayor of Casterbridge
titlecomplete: Three Great Novels: Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Far from the Madding Crowd, The Mayor of Casterbridge
genres: Literature, Fiction, Classics, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 844
publisher: World Pubns