Far from the Madding Crowd

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Far from the Madding Crowd
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Thomas Hardy
Introduction by Margaret Drabble
SeriesModern Library Classics
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:512
Dimensions(mm): Height 203,Width 131
Category/GenreClassic fiction (pre c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780375757976
ClassificationsDewey:823.8
Audience
General
Illustrations 1 MAP

Publishing Details

Publisher Random House USA Inc
Imprint Modern Library Inc
Publication Date 11 December 2001
Publication Country United States

Description

Hardy's passionate tale of the beauriful farmer Bathsheba Everdene and her three suitors. With commentary, notes and reading group guide

Author Biography

Margaret Drabble edited The Oxford Companion to English Literature and The Genius of Thomas Hardy. Her novels include The Waterfall and The Gates of Ivory, and, most recently, The Witch of Exmoor and The Peppered Moth. She lives in England.

Reviews

"Far from the Madding Crowd is the first of Thomas Hardy's great novels, and the first to sound the tragic note for which his fiction is best remembered." -Margaret Drabble