Far From the Madding Crowd
Thomas Hardy
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In Far from the Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy explores the independence of women, the consequences of passionate action, and the chaos of love. When the beautiful and vain Bathsheba Everdene arrives in humble Weatherbury, she attracts attention and captures the hearts of three men. Farmer Gabriel Oak, steady and loyal, admires her from afar. Handsome and rash Sergeant Francis Troy pursues Bathsheba with grand gestures. Shy and distant Farmer Boldwood desires Bathsheba with quiet obsession. The pursuits of these three men change the course of Bathsheba's life forever, and in shocking ways. In Far from the Madding Crowd, his first novel to gain massive popularity, Thomas Hardy illustrates the wild passions of the human heart.