Far from the Madding Crowd (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781481939539)

Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) is Thomas Hardy's fourth novel and his first major literary success. It originally appeared anonymously as a monthly serial in Cornhill Magazine, where it gained a wide readership. Critical notices were plentiful and mostly positive. The book may be described as an early piece of feminist literature, since it features an independent woman with the courage to defy convention by running a farm herself. Thomas Hardy, OM (2 June 1840 - 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist, in the tradition of George Eliot, he was also influenced both in his novels and poetry by Romanticism, especially by William Wordsworth. While Hardy wrote poetry throughout his life, and regarded himself primarily as a poet, his first collection was not published until 1898. Initially therefore he gained fame as the author of such novels as Far from the Madding Crowd (1874), The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886), Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891), and Jude the Obscure (1895).

Author: Alex Struik, Thomas Hardy
ISBN-10: 148193953X
ISBN-13: 9781481939539
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 01/08/2013
Pages: 554
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.61lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 1.12d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 9.7
Point Value: 25
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 12782 / Far from the Madding Crowd