| Far from the Madding Crowd Contributor(s): Hardy, Thomas (Author), Drabble, Margaret (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 037575797X ISBN-13: 9780375757976 Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: December 2001 Annotation: Far from the Madding Crowd, Hardy's passionate tale of the beautiful, headstrong farmer Bathsheba Everdene and her three suitors, firmly established the thirty-four-year-old writer as a popular novelist. According to Virginia Woolf, "The subject was right; the method was right; the poet and the countryman, the sensual man, the sombre reflective man, the man of learning, all enlisted to produce a book which . . . must hold its place among the great English novels." Introducing the fictional name of "Wessex" to describe Hardy's legendary countryside, this early masterpiece draws a vivid picture of rural life in southwest England. This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the 1912 Wessex edition and features Hardy's map of Wessex. Click for more in this series: Modern Library Classics |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Romance - Historical - Victorian - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2001045036 |
| Series: Modern Library Classics |
| Physical Information: 1.08" H x 5.16" W x 8.14" L (0.83 lbs) 512 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Features: Illustrated, Maps, Price on Product |
| Review Citations: Entertainment Weekly 08/19/2011 pg. 109 |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 12782 Reading Level: 9.7 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 25.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Far from the Madding Crowd, Hardy's passionate tale of the beautiful, headstrong farmer Bathsheba Everdene and her three suitors, firmly established the thirty-four-year-old writer as a popular novelist. According to Virginia Woolf, "The subject was right; the method was right; the poet and the countryman, the sensual man, the sombre reflective man, the man of learning, all enlisted to produce a book which . . . must hold its place among the great English novels." Introducing the fictional name of "Wessex" to describe Hardy's legendary countryside, this early masterpiece draws a vivid picture of rural life in southwest England. This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the 1912 Wessex edition and features Hardy's map of Wessex. |
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