Far from the Madding
Crowd by Thomas Hardy
Far from the Madding Crowd concerns
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
neighboring 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.
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