Far from the Madding Crowd

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Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas HardyVirtual Entertainment, 2016Series: World classic booksFar from the Madding Crowd is a novel by 19th century English novelist Thomas Hardy, published in 1874.
The title is apt, as the life of the books heroine, Bathsheba Everdene, living in the quiet rural village of Weatherbury is indeed disrupted by the "madding crowd".
After shunning the first man to love her, the shepherd Gabriel Oak, she is courted by two others: the lonely and repressed farmer Boldwood, and the charming but faithless Sergeant Troy.
The role of fate is clearly established, with each twist and turn in the book being more luck than the choice of one of the characters.
The book is widely seen as Hardys first masterpiece.— Excerpted from Far from the Madding Crowd on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.Look for other books on our site http://books.virenter.com