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"Vital, passionate, spirited - from the moment Bathsheba appears she is beguiling. You can denounce her faults - she's selfish and capricious - but it's hard not to admire her determined independence" (Di Speirs (executive producer of readings at the BBC) Independent)
"Hardy's warmest and most enchanting novel" (Daily Express)
"Hardy's Far from the Madding Crowd is the most romantic book I have ever read. I love the line where he says: "Whenever you look up, there I shall be - and whenever I look up there will be you." It is very simple and understated, but also incredibly romantic" (Liz Jensen Independent)
"Hardy expounds on his favourite themes: misunderstandings, missed opportunities, unrequited love and fatal omissions" (Sunday Times)
"The age-old dilemma - mind-blowing passion versus a man who knows how to put up shelves" (Independent)
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Cambridge Literature is a series of literary texts edited for study by students aged 14–18 in English-speaking classrooms. It will include novels, poetry, short stories, essays, travel-writing and other non-fiction.
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Paperback. Condition: Good. If you?ve ever looked at a peaceful rural landscape and thought, Ah, lovely ? nothing dramatic could possibly happen here , Thomas Hardy would like a quiet word. Preferably while staring meaningfully at the horizon and letting a strong breeze symbolise impending emotional catastrophe. Far From the Madding Crowd (this 1974 Macmillan edition, ISBN 0333168801 ) is Hardy at his most readable and most wickedly observant: a country novel stuffed with big feelings, bad decisions, heroic sheep, and the constant sense that the weather is personally invested in your downfall. Wessex may look idyllic, but it?s basically a stage where passion, pride, and misunderstanding perform nightly, often to the accompaniment of rain. At the centre is Bathsheba Everdene ? one of literature?s great heroines, and the rare Victorian woman who arrives with independence, competence, and the audacity to run a farm. Naturally, this means three men must immediately appear and start making their emotions everyone?s problem. There?s the steadfast, capable Gabriel Oak (the human equivalent of a well-made gate), the respectable William Boldwood (who takes one flirtatious gesture and builds an entire tragic universe around it), and Sergeant Troy (a charming disaster in uniform, armed with a sword and several terrible ideas). Hardy?s genius is that he doesn?t write romance like a warm hug. He writes it like a slow-motion wagon accident: you can see it coming, you want to shout, but you also can?t look away. He?s funny, too ? quietly, dryly, with that rural English sense of irony where people insist they?re being sensible while actively doing the opposite. And then there?s the countryside itself, which Hardy treats as both beautiful and brutally indifferent. The farm work is real, the seasons grind on, and nature keeps going while humans make emotional shipwreck of their lives. There are moments of genuine tenderness, moments of sharp comedy, and moments that make you want to put the book down and have a stern cup of tea. This 1974 edition has that satisfying ?proper book? feel ? the sort of volume you could read by a window on a rainy afternoon, becoming increasingly smug about not being in a Victorian love triangle (until you remember you?ve texted someone something ambiguous and now you?re basically Boldwood). Condition: Good , meaning it?s a solid, readable copy: perfect for curling up with, underlining, and occasionally sighing at. The kind of book that looks respectable on the shelf, then quietly ruins your belief that rural life is calm. Perfect for: classic lit lovers, romance readers with a taste for doom, Hardy devotees, and anyone who enjoys stories where the landscape is gorgeous and the emotions are absolutely not. Sold by Crappy Old Books ? bringing you pastoral England, emotional chaos, and at least one reminder that a single impulsive decision can echo across an entire county. Seller Inventory # 5603
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Paperback. Condition: Good. 447 pages. Cover worn and creased, text tanned The bold and beautiful Bathsheba Everdene has arrived at weatherbury, creatin g a stir in the idyllic community of the countryside. Enamored by bathsheba's ir resistible charm and wild, uninhibited spirit, three men are drawn to her?the hu mble shepherd Gabriel oak, who is eight years younger to her; the farmer William boldwood, who mistakes her prank for a proposal of marriage; and a Casanova in uniform, Sergeant Francis Troy. Will the fierce and independent Bathsheba finall y fall in love? Who will she choose? Part warm and heartening, and Part tragic, far from the Madding crowd is a story that shows the many faces of love. Conside red one of the greatest love stories in English literature, this book has been a resounding success since its first publication. Seller Inventory # 3745ae
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