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Thomas Hardy

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Language: English
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Peacock
ISBN: 9788124800072, 8124800073
Edition: 01, 2024
Pages: 376

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Far from the Madding Crowd is a classic novel by Thomas Hardy.

Summary of the Book

When Bathsheba Everdene, an independent and free-spirited woman comes to Weatherbury to work as a farmer in the largest estate in the area, she attracts the attentions of three men. Boldwood, a gentleman farmer, Sergeant Troy, a former soldier, and Gabriel Oak, a kind shepherd, all vie for her affections. They begin to complicate her life through their actions and threaten the peace of the community in doing so. A novel of honest sexual portrayal for its time, this story of slow courtship and swift passion is Hardy at his finest.

About Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy was an English novelist and poet, best remembered for his works: The Mayor of Casterbridge, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, and Jude the Obscure.

A student at King’s College, London, he achieved success after the publication of his fourth novel and was awarded the British Order of Merit for his work in 1910.

The current title was adapted into several motion pictures, including one by John Schlesinger in 1967, starring Julie Christie, Terence Stamp, Peter Finch, and Alan Bates. Another version is current under post-production and due for release in 2014 by Thomas Vinterberg and starring Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen, Tom Sturridge, and Juno Temple.

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Title	Far from the Madding Crowd
Publication Year	2024
Product Form	Paperback
Publisher	Peacock
Source Type	N
ISBN13	9788124800072
Edition	01
ISBN10	8124800073
Language	English

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Thomas Hardy

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Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), poet and novelist, was born in Higher Bockhampton, near Dorchester in Dorset. He was the son of Thomas Hardy, a builder and master mason, and his wife Jemima. At the age of sixteen he was apprenticed to a local architect, John Hicks. In 1862 he went to London to pursue his architectural career and also began writing at this time. He returned to Dorset in 1867 to become assistant to John Hicks. In 1874 he gave up architecture for writing and married his first wife Emma Gifford. In the same year Far From the Madding Crowd was published and met with considerable success. In 1878 Hardy moved back to London. His reputation as writer grew and he became a well-known figure in London’s literary circles. In 1885 he returned to Dorset and over the next three years he published The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886), which many regard as his greatest tragic novel, The Woodlanders (1887) and his first collection of short stories, Wessex Tales (1888). He published Tess of the D’Urbervilles in 1891 and Jude the Obscure in 1895. Hardy greatly enjoyed the admiration of London’s literary and aristocratic society, but resented the constant carping of reviewers of his “pessimism” and “immorality”. The hostile criticism of his last two major novels led him to abondon fiction and devote himself to poetry which was always his first love. He published eight volumes of poetry during 1898 to 1928. Emma died in 1912 and Hardy married Florence Dugdale in 1914. Thomas Hardy died on 11 January 1928.

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