num_pages: 433
description: This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780141439655Independent and spirited Bathsheba Everdene has come to Weatherbury to take up her position as a farmer on the largest estate in the area. Her bold presence draws three very different suitors: the gentleman-farmer Boldwood, soldier-seducer Sergeant Troy and the devoted shepherd Gabriel Oak. Each, in contrasting ways, unsettles her decisions and complicates her life, and tragedy ensues, threatening the stability of the whole community. The first of his works set in the fictional county of Wessex, Hardy's novel of swift passion and slow courtship is imbued with his evocative descriptions of rural life and landscapes, and with unflinching honesty about sexual relationships.
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: Penguin Books