Far from the Madding Crowd

Far from the Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy

Brand: Vintage Classics | Status: Còn hàng

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Far From The Madding Crowd is a brilliantly written classical novel. Thomas Hardy is a master of characterization and exquisitely developed and lavishly detailed settings. The depth of his skill allows his readers to feel they are experiencing the novel they are reading. This is a challenging novel to read due to the archaic, English language of the nineteenth century, but it is the language of the common-folk which really brings this story to life. Having recently seen the film version of this novel, I can state that the movie was true to Hardy's written prose, minus the challenging vocabulary and the local vernacular of that period of English history. However, it is the well-developed novel itself that resonates in the mind and is truly a masterpiece of literature.

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A Clothbound Classics edition of Thomas Hardy’s impassioned novel of courtship in rural life

In Thomas Hardy’s first major literary success, independent 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, the 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. One of his first works set in the semi-fictional region 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.

This edition, based on Hardy’s original 1874 manuscript, is the complete novel he never saw published, and restores its full candor and innovation. Rosemarie Morgan’s introduction discusses the history of its publication, as well as the biblical and classical allusions that permeate the novel.