Introduction and Notes by Norman Vance, Professor of English, University of Sussex.
It tells the story of the young farmer Gabriel Oak and his love for and pursuit of the elusi.
Far from the Madding Crowd is perhaps the most pastoral of Hardy\'s Wessex novels.
The background of this tale is the Wessex countryside in all its moods, contriving to make it one of the most English of great English novels.
It tells of the dashing Sergeant Troy whose rakish philosophy of life was \'...the past was yesterday; never, the day after\', and lastly, of the introverted and reclusive gentleman farmer, Mr Boldwood, whose love fills him with \'...a fearful sense of exposure\', when he first sets eyes on Bathsheba.
It tells the story of the young farmer Gabriel Oak and his love for and pursuit of the elusive Bathsheba Everdene, whose wayward nature leads her to both tragedy and true love.
Far from the Madding Crowd is perhaps the most pastoral of Hardy\'s Wessex novels.
The background of this tale is the Wessex countryside in all its moods, contriving to make it one of the most English of great English novels.
It tells of the dashing Sergeant Troy whose rakish philosophy of life was \'...the past was yesterday; never, the day after\', and lastly, of the introverted and reclusive gentleman farmer, Mr Boldwood, whose love fills him with \'...a fearful sense of exposure\', when he first sets eyes on Bathsheba.
It tells the story of the young farmer Gabriel Oak and his love for and pursuit of the elusive Bathsheba Everdene, whose wayward nature leads her to both tragedy and true love.
Far from the Madding Crowd is perhaps the most pastoral of Hardy\'s Wessex novels.
The background of this tale is the Wessex countryside in all its moods, contriving to make it one of the most English of great English novels.
It tells of the dashing Sergeant Troy whose rakish philosophy of life was \'...the past was yesterday; never, the day after\', and lastly, of the introverted and reclusive gentleman farmer, Mr Boldwood, whose love fills him with \'...a fearful sense of exposure\', when he first sets eyes on Bathsheba.
It tells the story of the young farmer Gabriel Oak and his love for and pursuit of the elusive Bathsheba Everdene, whose wayward nature leads her to both tragedy and true love.
Far from the Madding Crowd is perhaps the most pastoral of Hardy\'s Wessex novels.
Introduction and Notes by Norman Vance, Professor of English, University of Sussex
