{"product_id":"far-from-the-madding-crowd-thomas-hardy-9780141439655","title":"Far from the Madding Crowd","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The first of Hardy's great novels, and the first to sound the tragic note for which his best fiction is remembered' Margaret Drabble\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThomas Hardy's novel of swift passion and slow courtship is imbued with evocative descriptions of rural life, and with unflinching honesty about sexual relationships. Its heroine, Bathsheba Everdene, takes up her position as a farmer on a large estate, where her confident presence draws three very different suitors: the gentleman-farmer Boldwood, the soldier-seducer Sergeant Troy and the devoted shepherd Gabriel Oak. Each, in contrasting ways, unsettles her decisions and complicates her life, and when tragedy ensues, the stability of the whole community is threatened. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEdited with an Introduction and notes by ROSEMARIE MORGAN with SHANNON RUSSELL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Hardy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0141439653\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780141439655\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/29\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.75h x 5.08w x 0.87d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.7\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e12782 \/ Far from the Madding Crowd\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Thomas Hardy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050282152191,"sku":"9780141439655","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_60d26e3c-4a3c-4b4e-b056-408a48b33285.jpg?v=1685006311","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/far-from-the-madding-crowd-thomas-hardy-9780141439655","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}