Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

by Thomas Hardy

Overview

Bathsheba Everdene, living in the quiet rural village of Weatherbury, is indeed disrupted by the 'madding crowd'. After shunning the first man to love her, the shepherd Gabriel Oak, she is courted by two others: the lonely and repressed farmer Boldwood, and the charming but faithless Sergeant Troy.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014144360
Publisher:	Halcyon Press Ltd.
Publication date:	03/28/2012
Series:	Halcyon Classics , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was a prominent English author of the Victorian period. Although he considered himself to be primarily a poet, Hardy's greatest literary and financial successes were achieved through his novels. He penned nearly two dozen novels, several compilations of poems, and dozens of short stories.

Date of Birth:

June 2, 1840

Date of Death:

January 11, 1928

Place of Birth:

Higher Brockhampon, Dorset, England

Place of Death:

Max Gate, Dorchester, England

Education:

Served as apprentice to architect James Hicks