num_pages: 496
description: From the Mini Gramercy Classics series. Hardy's first masterpiece, this 1874 novel received wide acclaim upon publication and remains among the author's best-loved works. The tale of a passionate, independent woman and her three suitors, it explores Hardy's trademark thwarted love, the inevitability of fate, and the encroachment of industrial society on rural life.
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: Gramercy