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Far from the Madding Crowd

By Thomas Hardy
Series: Modern Library Classics
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Far from the Madding Crowd is Hardy's passionate tale of the beautiful farmer Bathsheba Everdene and her three suitors, exploring themes of love, pride, and rural life.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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Ideal for readers who enjoy classic British literature, romantic drama, and richly drawn rural settings, as well as book groups seeking insightful discussion guides.

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Hardy's tale of the beautiful farmer Bathsheba Everdene and her three suitors. This book contains an introduction by Margaret Drabble. It also includes commentary, notes and a reading group guide.

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Hardy's passionate tale of the beautiful farmer Bathsheba Everdene and her three suitors.

Far from the Madding Crowd offers readers a gripping story enhanced with commentary, notes, and a reading group guide.

Series: Modern Library Classics

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“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

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780375757976

Publisher: Random House USA Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 11 December 2001

Country: United States

Imprint: Modern Library Inc

Illustration: 1 MAP

Contributors:

  • Introduction by Margaret Drabble

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 131.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 408g

Pages: 512

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Classic Fiction Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Penguin Books Series: Modern Library Classics Thomas Hardy

About the Author

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.

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