Far from the madding crowd
By: Thomas Hardy ; retold by Clare West.
Contributors: Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928.
Edition: [Simplified ed.].
Series: Oxford Bookworms Library ; Stage 5, Classics
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 104
ISBN-13: 9780194792233
Subjects: Readers (Adult); English language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers; Reading comprehension -- Problems, exercises, etc; Farm life -- Fiction; Women farmers -- Fiction; Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction; Wessex (England) -- Fiction
Genres: Textbooks for foreign speakers; Problems, exercises, etc; Fiction
Description: "Bathsheba Everdene is young, proud, and beautiful. She is an independent woman and can marry any man she chooses - if she chooses. In fact, she likes her independence, and she likes fighting her own battles in a man's world. But it is never wise to ignore the power of love. There are three men who would very much like to marry Bathsheba. When she falls in love with one of them, she soon wishes she had kept her independence. She learns that love brings misery, pain, and violent passions that can destroy lives . . ." --Back cover
Notes: "First published in Oxford Bookworms, 1992"--T.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: A stranger in New York; title: Newland has doubts; title: The Countess causes trouble; title: A second visit to the Countess; title: May surprises Newland; title: The wedding and beyond; title: Newland in Boston; title: The Beaufort scandal; title: Ellen returns to NewYork; title: Newland visits Paris.