num_pages: 362
description: 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 themes: 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: Francis Troy, William Boldwood, Fanny Robin, Gabriel Oak, Bathsheba Everdene, William Boldwood, Francis Troy, Fanny Robin, Gabriel Oak, Bathsheba Everdene, William Boldwood,, Bathsheba Everdene, Gabriel Oak, Bathsheba Everdene, William Boldwood, Francis Troy, Fanny Robin, Gabriel Oak
genres: Literature, British Literature, Classics, Novels, Classic Literature, Victorian, 19th Century, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Romance
ratings_count: 148959
places: Dorset, England, United Kingdom, England, Wessex, England, Wessex, England, Dorset, England (United Kingdom),
publisher: Bantam Classics