Far from the Madding Crowd
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Publishing Details
Far from the Madding Crowd
By (Author) Thomas Hardy
Introduction by Margaret Drabble
Random House USA Inc
Modern Library Inc
15th December 2001
United States
Classifications
General
Fiction
823.8
Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003
Physical Properties
Paperback
512
Width 131mm, Height 203mm, Spine 26mm
408g
Description
Hardy's passionate tale of the beauriful farmer Bathsheba Everdene and her three suitors. With commentary, notes and reading group guide
Reviews
Far from the Madding Crowd is the first of Thomas Hardys great novels, and the first to sound the tragic note
for which his fiction is best remembered.
-Margaret Drabble
Author Bio
Margaret Drabble edited The Oxford Companion to English Literature and The Genius of Thomas Hardy. Her novels include The Waterfall and The Gates of Ivory, and, most recently, The Witch of Exmoor and The Peppered Moth. She lives in England.
