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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Gabriel Oak is an up-and-coming shepherd in the prime of life at twenty-eight years of age. With the savings of a frugal life, he has leased and stocked a sheep-farm. He falls in love with a newcomer eight years younger, Bathsheba Everdene, a proud and somewhat vain young beauty. She comes to like him well enough.
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 Wilder Publications, Inc.
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