{"product_id":"far-from-the-madding-crowd-thomas-hardy-9780393954081","title":"Far from the Madding Crowd: A Norton Critical Edition","description":"It also incorporates revisions that Hardy made in his \"study copy\" of the novel and in his marked printer's copy and page proofs for the Harper and Brothers \"sixpenny edition\" of 1901, whenever these revisions could be confidently judged to represent Hardy's final deliberate intent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The resulting text includes revisions by Hardy which have never appeared before in a modern edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The novel is fully annotated and is accompanied by Hardy's map of Wessex and a simplified map of the landscape of \u003cem\u003eFar from the Madding Crowd\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Textual Notes\" include a list of emendations, examples of variant readings from the manuscript to the Wessex edition, and a discussion of the choice of copy text.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The textual history of the novel is traced in extracts from studies by Richard Little Purdy and Simon Gatrell.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Backgrounds\" includes substantial extracts from Hardy's correspondence with Leslie Stephen and is followed by a selection of contemporary reviews.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Twentieth-century \"Criticism\" is represented by Howard Babb, Roy Morrell, Alan Friedman, J. Hillis Miller, Michael Millgate, Penelope Vigar, Peter J. Casagrande, Ian Gregor, and Albert C. Schweik.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Hardy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393954080\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393954081\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/17\/1986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.36h x 5.17w x 0.93d\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":46571363205375,"sku":"9780393954081","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_92036021-42e6-4050-9387-e259f01aa6a3.jpg?v=1738808010","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/far-from-the-madding-crowd-thomas-hardy-9780393954081","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}