Far from the Madding Crowd (Oxford Worlds Classics)

Hardy, Thomas

ISBN 10: 019280149X / ISBN 13: 9780192801494

Published by OUP Oxford, 2002

Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine. Seller Inventory # CHL1352041

Synopsis:

'I shall do one thing in this life - one thing for certain - that is, love you, and long for you, and keep wanting you till I die.' Gabriel Oak is only one of three suitors for the hand of the beautiful and spirited Bathsheba Everdene. He must compete with the dashing young soldier Sergeant Troy and respectable, middle-aged Farmer Boldwood. And while their fates depend upon the choice Bathsheba makes, she discovers the terrible consequences of an inconstant heart. Far from the Madding Crowd was the first of Hardy's novels to give the name of Wessex to the landscape of south-west England, and the first to gain him widespread popularity as a novelist. Set against the backdrop of the unchanging natural cycle of the year, the story both upholds and questions rural values with a startlingly modern sensibility. This new edition retains the critical text that restores previously deleted and revised passages.

Review: " Far from the Madding Crowd is the first of Thomas Hardy' s great novels, and the first to sound the tragic note
for which his fiction is best remembered."
-Margaret Drabble --Margaret Drabble

Bibliographic Details

Title: Far from the Madding Crowd (Oxford Worlds ...
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Used; Very Good