{"product_id":"far-from-the-madding-crowd-9791043134302","title":"Far from the Madding Crowd","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Thomas Hardy\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Les Prairies Numeriques\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Les Prairies Numeriques\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Ancient, Classical \u0026amp; Medieval\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFar from the Madding Crowd\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFar from the \u003cstrong\u003eMadding Crowd\u003c\/strong\u003e was \u003cstrong\u003eThomas Hardy\u003c\/strong\u003e's fourth novel and was completed in \u003cstrong\u003e1874\u003c\/strong\u003e. It was originally serialized in \u003cstrong\u003eCornhill Magazine\u003c\/strong\u003e and was quickly published in a successful single volume.\u003cstrong\u003eHardy\u003c\/strong\u003e described Wessex as \"a merely realistic dream country\" and so it is in Far from the \u003cstrong\u003eMadding Crowd\u003c\/strong\u003e, where an idyllic view of the countryside is interrupted by the bitter reality of farming life. The novel is the first that \u003cstrong\u003eHardy\u003c\/strong\u003e sets in fictional Wessex; he quickly realised that setting novels there could be a money-earner that would subsidise his poetry-writing ambitions.\u003cstrong\u003eGabriel Oak\u003c\/strong\u003e, the faithful man and aspiring farmer; Bathsheba Everdene, the young and independent lady farmer; \u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Boldwood\u003c\/strong\u003e, the lonely neighbour; and \u003cstrong\u003eSergeant Troy\u003c\/strong\u003e, the dashing military man, all lead intertwined lives which are full of love and loss.Far from the Madding Crowd\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFar from the \u003cstrong\u003eMadding Crowd\u003c\/strong\u003e was \u003cstrong\u003eThomas Hardy\u003c\/strong\u003e's fourth novel and was completed in \u003cstrong\u003e1874\u003c\/strong\u003e. It was originally serialized in \u003cstrong\u003eCornhill Magazine\u003c\/strong\u003e and was quickly published in a successful single volume.\u003cstrong\u003eHardy\u003c\/strong\u003e described Wessex as \"a merely realistic dream country\" and so it is in Far from the \u003cstrong\u003eMadding Crowd\u003c\/strong\u003e, where an idyllic view of the countryside is interrupted by the bitter reality of farming life. The novel is the first that \u003cstrong\u003eHardy\u003c\/strong\u003e sets in fictional Wessex; he quickly realised that setting novels there could be a money-earner that would subsidise his poetry-writing ambitions.\u003cstrong\u003eGabriel Oak\u003c\/strong\u003e, the faithful man and aspiring farmer; Bathsheba Everdene, the young and independent lady farmer; \u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Boldwood\u003c\/strong\u003e, the lonely neighbour; and \u003cstrong\u003eSergeant Troy\u003c\/strong\u003e, the dashing military man, all lead intertwined lives which are full of love and loss.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Les Prairies Numeriques","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47776370983063,"sku":"9791043134302","price":2647.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9791043134302.webp?v=1777995845","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/far-from-the-madding-crowd-9791043134302","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}