Far From the Madding Crowdby Thomas Hardy | |
| List(s): | "Racine Library List" "Carp 500" |
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| Category: |
"Fiction - General" |
| Pages: | 382 |
| Year of Publication: | 1874 |
| Date Read: | 11/22/1997 |
| Notes: | Gabriel Oak falls victim to the amorous caprices of Bathsheba, the young mistress of Weatherbury Farm. He serves her through one marriage to a handsome, corruptly sentimental sergeant. Selflessly altruistic, he sees her through another betrothal to her compulsive, puritanical neighbor — as unaware as she of the stroke of Fate that will affect them both. COMMENTS — Far from the Madding Crowd was originally published anonymously in The Cornhill Magazine. It was Hardy’s first popular success. |
| My Rating: | 7 |