{"product_id":"far-from-the-madding-crowd-thomas-hardy-9780679405764","title":"Far from the Madding Crowd: Introduction by Michael Slater","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFar From the Madding Crowd, \u003c\/i\u003epublished in 1874, is the book that made Hardy famous. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBathsheba Everdene is a prosperous farmer in Hardy's fictional Wessex county whose strong-minded independence and vanity lead to disastrous consequences for her and the three very different men who pursue her: the obsessed farmer William Boldwood, dashing and seductive Sergeant Frank Troy, and the devoted shepherd Gabriel Oak. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDespite the violent ends of several of its major characters, \u003ci\u003eFar from the Madding Crowd\u003c\/i\u003e is the sunniest and least brooding of Hardy's great novels, as Bathsheba and her suitors move through a beautifully realized late-nineteenth-century agrarian landscape that is still almost untouched by the industrial revolution and the encroachment of modern life. With an introduction by Michael Slater\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Hardy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0679405763\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679405764\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Everyman's Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.86h x 4.54w x 1.01d\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":"Hardcover","offer_id":43946918314239,"sku":"9780679405764","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0ae1dcad-6aa7-4d2d-9f52-a3fa720a251a.jpg?v=1681515745","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/far-from-the-madding-crowd-thomas-hardy-9780679405764","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}