Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

"Far from the Madding Crowd" by Thomas Hardy is a novel published in 1874. It follows the independent Bathsheba Everdene, who inherits a farm in rural England and attracts three very different suitors: the faithful shepherd Gabriel Oak, the obsessive gentleman farmer William Boldwood, and the dashing but reckless Sergeant Frank Troy. Set against the backdrop of Victorian farming life, this tale of love, honor, and betrayal explores the consequences of impulsive choices and the complexity of the human heart. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928
Title Far from the Madding Crowd
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_from_the_Madding_Crowd
Credits anonymous Project Gutenberg volunteers and revised by Joseph E. Loewenstein, M.D.
Reading Level Reading ease score: 79.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Didactic fiction
Subject Love stories
Subject Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction
Subject Pastoral fiction
Subject Farm life -- Fiction
Subject Women farmers -- Fiction
Subject Wessex (England) -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 107
Release Date
Last Update Aug 6, 2021
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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