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"Far from the Madding Crowd", was a popular attraction and Hardy's first critical success. It was first published in serial form in Cornhill magazine between January and December 1874, and then published the same year in London in book form. Hardy had already published several novels, but this was the first of the five novels that would assure his place in the annals of literature.
"Far from the Madding Crowd" tells the story of a young woman, Bathsheba Everdene, and the three men in her life: one is a poor sheep farmer who loses his flock in a tragedy and ends up working as an employee on Bathsheba's farm; one is the respectable, boring owner of a neighbouring farm who takes Bathsheba's flirtations too seriously; and the third is a dashing army sergeant who treats her like just another of his conquests. In chronicling their hopes, plans, and disappointments, Hardy presents to readers a clear example of Victorian romanticism. At the same time, his understanding of the lives of farmers and ranchers in rural England makes him a forerunner to the realistic tradition in literature.
Wessex, the location for "Far from the Madding Crowd", is an imaginary English county that Hardy coloured with fine details throughout the course of his writing career. It is similar to Dorset, where Hardy lived most of his life, but its fictitious nature gave the author freedom to describe the landscape at will.
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GenreRomance, General Fiction, Children's Literature
Length15 hrs 30 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 7, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Preface
2Chapter 1. Description Of Farmer Oak—An Incident
3Chapter 2. Night—The Flock—An Interior—Another Interior
4Chapter 3. A Girl On Horseback—Conversation
5Chapter 4. Gabriel's Resolve—The Visit—The Mistake
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6Chapter 5. Departure Of Bathsheba—A Pastoral Tragedy
7Chapter 6. The Fair—The Journey—The Fire
8Chapter 7. Recognition—A Timid Girl
9Chapter 8. The Malthouse—The Chat—News
10Chapter 9. The Homestead—A Visitor—Half-Confidences
11Chapter 10. Mistress And Men
12Chapter 11. Outside The Barracks—Snow—A Meeting
13Chapter 12. Farmers—A Rule—An Exception
14Chapter 13. Sortes Sanctorum—The Valentine
15Chapter 14. Effect Of The Letter—Sunrise
16Chapter 15. A Morning Meeting—The Letter Again
17Chapter 16. All Saints' And All Souls'
18Chapter 17. In The Market-Place
19Chapter 18. Boldwood In Meditation—Regret
20Chapter 19. The Sheep-Washing—The Offer
21Chapter 20. Perplexity—Grinding The Shears—A Quarrel
22Chapter 21. Troubles In The Fold—A Message
23Chapter 22. The Great Barn And The Sheep-Shearers
24Chapter 23. Eventide—A Second Declaration
25Chapter 24. The Same Night—The Fir Plantation
26Chapter 25. The New Acquaintance Described
27Chapter 26. Scene On The Verge Of The Hay-Mead
28Chapter 27. Hiving The Bees
29Chapter 28. The Hollow Amid The Ferns
30Chapter 29. Particulars Of A Twilight Walk
31Chapter 30. Hot Cheeks And Tearful Eyes
32Chapter 31. Blame—Fury
33Chapter 32. Night—Horses Tramping
34Chapter 33. In The Sun—A Harbinger
35Chapter 34. Home Again—A Trickster
36Chapter 35. At An Upper Window
37Chapter 36. Wealth In Jeopardy—The Revel
38Chapter 37. The Storm—The Two Together
39Chapter 38. Rain—One Solitary Meets Another
40Chapter 39. Coming Home—A Cry
41Chapter 40. On Casterbridge Highway
42Chapter 41. Suspicion—Fanny Is Sent For
43Chapter 42. Joseph And His Burden—Buck's Head
44Chapter 43. Fanny's Revenge
45Chapter 44. Under A Tree—Reaction
46Chapter 45. Troy's Romanticism
47Chapter 46. The Gurgoyle: Its Doings
48Chapter 47. Adventures By The Shore
49Chapter 48. Doubts Arise—Doubts Linger
50Chapter 49. Oak's Advancement—A Great Hope
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