FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD

Description

Thomas Hardy’s Far from the Madding Crowd is a romantic drama set in the English countryside, following Bathsheba Everdene, an independent young woman who finds herself in the arms of three men who seek to win her love: honest farmer Gabriel Oak, reckless soldier Troy, and wealthy landowner Boldwood. The novel explores themes of love, fate, and independence in a traditional farming community, in Hardy’s rich style of description and philosophical reflection.