{"product_id":"far-from-the-madding-crowd-paperback","title":"Far from the Madding Crowd - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Hardy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRosemarie Morgan\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eRosemarie Morgan\u003c\/b\u003e (Notes by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The first of Hardy's great novels, and the first to sound the tragic note for which his best fiction is remembered' Margaret Drabble\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThomas Hardy's novel of swift passion and slow courtship is imbued with evocative descriptions of rural life, and with unflinching honesty about sexual relationships. Its heroine, Bathsheba Everdene, takes up her position as a farmer on a large estate, where her confident presence draws three very different suitors: the gentleman-farmer Boldwood, the soldier-seducer Sergeant Troy and the devoted shepherd Gabriel Oak. Each, in contrasting ways, unsettles her decisions and complicates her life, and when tragedy ensues, the stability of the whole community is threatened. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEdited with an Introduction and notes by ROSEMARIE MORGAN with SHANNON RUSSELL\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Hardy\u003c\/b\u003e (1840-1928), whose writing immortalized the semi-fictional Wessex countryside and dramatized his sense of the inevitable tragedy of life, wrote fifteen novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Return of the Native\u003c\/i\u003e (1878), \u003ci\u003eThe Mayor of Casterbridge\u003c\/i\u003e (1886), \u003ci\u003eTess of the d'Urbervilles\u003c\/i\u003e (1891), and \u003ci\u003eJude the Obscure\u003c\/i\u003e (1895). He is also renowned as one of the greatest poets of his era. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eRosemarie Morgan \u003c\/b\u003eis a professor of English at Yale. Her many works on Thomas Hardy include \u003ci\u003eWomen and Sexuality in the Novels of Thomas Hardy \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCancelled Words: Rediscovering Thomas Hardy\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eShannon Russell \u003c\/b\u003eis an assistant professor of English at John Cabot University in Rome.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 7.75 x 5.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 29, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Far from the Madding Crowd\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9.7\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 25\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52720556048717,"sku":"9780141439655","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/h3wYVo08Li9780141439655.webp?v=1762465898","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/far-from-the-madding-crowd-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}