(DOWNLOAD) "Far From the Madding Crowd" by Thomas Hardy ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free

eBook details

Title: Far From the Madding Crowd
Author : Thomas Hardy
Release Date : January 05, 2017
Genre: Classics,Books,Fiction & Literature,
Pages : * pages
Size : 1059 KB

Description

Far from the Madding Crowd is Thomas Hardy's supreme classic of rural romance.

An abiding favourite of romantic fiction since its initial publication during the Victorian era, this novel by Hardy is appreciated for presenting what appears to be a pastoral idyll as a place where all of life's problems and complexities arise. Although beautiful with an appearance of tranquillity, the fictional English county of Wessex in reality holds all the trials of human community.

We initially join a young, good-natured shepherd named Gabriel Oak, who has slowly and carefully built up a small business farming sheep. He is immediately attracted to Bathsheba Everdene, a beautiful but bold young woman new to the region who sets up her own farm. The two strike up a true and caring friendship, which is spoiled when Gabriel hastily proposes marriage. Bathsheba declines, and the argument which follows damages the pair's friendship - consequently, Bathsheba moves away to another village.

Bathsheba's rejection of Gabriel sets in motion a sequence of events which test her mettle and principles, and teaches her unforgettable lessons about life and love. Her striking appearance and emboldened personality are unusual and attractive in the rural community, setting the stage for romantic suitors and the trials and tribulations they entail.