Far from the Madding Crowd

Thomas Hardy

• 26 april 2012
• 9780141973845

Samenvatting:

With an essay by Ronald Blythe.



'I cannot allow any man to - to criticise my private conduct!' she exclaimed. 'Nor will I for a minute.'



Hardy's powerful novel of swift sexual passion and slow-burning loyalty centres on Bathsheba Everdene, a proud working woman whose life is complicated by three different men - respectable farmer Boldwood, seductive Sergeant Troy and devoted Gabriel - making her the object of scandal and betrayal. Vividly portraying the superstitions and traditions of a small rural community, Far from the Madding Crowd shows the precarious position of a woman in a man's world.



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