num_pages: 496
description: Gabriel Oak is only one of three suitors for the hand of the beautiful and spirited Bathsheba Everdene. He must compete with the dashing young soldier Sergeant Troy and the respectable, middle-aged Farmer Boldwood. And while their fates depend upon the choice Bathsheba makes, she discoversthe terrible consequences of an inconstant heart.Far from the Madding Crowd was the first of Hardy's novels to give the name Wessex to the landscape of south-west England, and the first to gain him widespread popularity as a novelist. Set against the backdrop of the unchanging natural cycle of the year, the story both upholds and questions ruralvalues with a startlingly modern sensibility. This new edition retains the critical text that restores previously deleted and revised passages.
language: English
title: Far From the Madding Crowd
titlecomplete: Far From the Madding Crowd
characters: Gabriel Oak, Bathsheba Everdene, William Boldwood, Francis Troy, Fanny Robin, Gabriel Oak, Bathsheba Everdene, William Boldwood,, Gabriel Oak, William Boldwood, Francis Troy, Gabriel Oak, Bathsheba Everdene, William Boldwood, Francis Troy, Fanny Robin, Bathsheba Everdene, Fanny Robin
genres: Historical Fiction, Novels, Literature, Victorian, Classic Literature, Classics, British Literature, Romance, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 148919
places: Dorset, England, Wessex, England, United Kingdom, England, Wessex, England, Dorset, England (United Kingdom),
publisher: Oxford University Press