Far from the Madding Crowd is Thomas Hardy
Far from the
Madding Crowd is Thomas Hardy's fourth novel and his first major
literary success. It originally appeared anonymously as a monthly serial in Cornhill
Magazine, where it gained a wide readership.
This book is set
in the 1870s, following a women called Bathsheba Everdene. The book follows her
life as she takes a position as a farmer with a big estate. Due to Bathsheba
being as bold as she is, three suitors are drawn to her and ask for her hand in
marriage. Thomas Hardy really goes into detail about the setting of the book,
because as a reader it means that you can create a visual image and it
definitely improves the reading experience.
The novel was
listed at number 48 on the BBC's survey The Big Read in 2003.
The book finished 10th on the Guardian's list of greatest love
stories of all time in 2007.The novel has been dramatized several times,
notably in an Oscar-nominated 1967 film directed by John
Schlesinger. From Wikipedia
His novel
thematizes the importance of man's connection to, and understanding of, the
natural world. Gabriel Oak embodies Hardy's ideal of a life in harmony with the
forces of the natural world. His novel thematizes the importance of man's
connection to, and understanding of, the natural world. Gabriel Oak embodies
Hardy's ideal of a life in harmony with the forces of the natural world. The
novel also contemplates the relationship between luck, or chance, and moral
responsibility: Why should we live a morally upright life if tragedy strikes us
all equally anyway?
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