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Far from the Madding Crowd was Thomas Hardy&s first major literary success & it edited with an introduction & notes by Rosemarie Morgan & Shannon Russell in Penguin Classics Independent & 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 soldier-seducer Sergeant Troy & the devoted shepherd Gabriel Oak Each in contrasting ways unsettles her decisions & complicates her life & tragedy ensues threatening the stability of the whole community The first of his works set in the fictional county of Wessex Hardy&s novel of swift passion & slow courtship is imbued with his evocative descriptions of rural life & landscapes & with unflinching honesty about sexual relationships This edition based on Hardy&s original 1874 manuscript is the complete novel he never saw published & restores its full candour & innovation Rosemarie Morgan&s introduction discusses the history of its publication & the Biblical & Classical allusions that permeate the novel Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) born Higher Brockhampton near Dorchester originally trained as an architect before earning his living as a writer Though he saw himself primarily as a poet Hardy was the author of some of the late eighteenth century&s major novels The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886) Tess of the D& Urbervilles (1891) Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) & Jude the Obscure (1895) Amidst the controversy caused by Jude the Obscure he turned to the poetry he had been writing all his life In the next thirty years he published over nine hundred poems & his epic drama in verse The Dynasts If you enjoyed Far from the Madding Crowd you might also like Elizabeth Gaskell&s Mary Barton & Wonderful a landscape which satisfies every stir of the imagination & which ravishes the senses& Ronald Blythe ...
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Far From The Madding Crowd N/e (Oxford World's Classics) Paperback

&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 ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World&s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford&s commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study and much more
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&I shall do one thing in this life
- one thing for certain
- that is love you & long for you & keep wanting you till I die& Gabriel Oak is only one of three suitors for the hand of the beautiful & spirited Bathsheba Everdene He must compete with the dashing young soldier Sergeant Troy & respectable middle-aged Farmer Boldwood & 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 & 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 & questions rural values with a startlingly modern sensibility This new edition retains the critical text that restores previously deleted & revised passages ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World&s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford&s commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more

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