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Book Review of Far from the Madding Crowd (Wordsworth Classics)

Far from the Madding Crowd (Wordsworth Classics)
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From the back cover:

Far from the Madding Crowd is the most pastoral of Hardy's Wessex novels. It tells of the young farmer Gabriel Oak and his pursuit of the elusive Bathsheba Everdene, whose wayward nature leads her to both tragedy and true love.

The background to this compelling story is the majesty of the Wessex countryside in all its moods, making it one of the most English and great English novels.