A tale of love and loss - the first of Thomas Hardy's novels to win him widespread recognition and popularity - reissued to accompany a major motion picture due for release in May 2015.
The film version of Far from the Madding Crowd, is released in UK cinemas on Friday 1 May 2015. Click below to view the trailer.
| Primary Genre | Classic fiction: general and literary |
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Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design Independent and 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 and the devoted shepherd Gabriel Oak. Each, in contrasting ways, unsettles her decisions and complicates her life, and tragedy ensues, threatening the stability of the whole community. The first of his works set in Wessex, Hardy's novel of swiftpassion and slow courtship is imbued with his evocative descriptions of rural life and landscapes, and with unflinching honesty about sexual relationships.
Far from the Madding Crowd features in the following genres: Classic fiction: general and literary, General Fiction, Fiction
Far from the Madding Crowd is available in Hardback, Paperback, Ebook, CD-Audio
Far from the Madding Crowd was written by Thomas Hardy and published by Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
Far from the Madding Crowd has 480 pages
Yes it is part of Penguin Clothbound Classics series
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