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22 de may. de 2015 · Far from the Madding Crowd: Directed by Thomas Vinterberg. With Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Tilly Vosburgh, Mark Wingett. In Victorian England, the independent and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak, a sheep farmer; Frank Troy, a reckless Sergeant; and William Boldwood, a prosperous and mature bachelor.
Mrs. Hurst is Bathsheba ’s aunt and caretaker who allows her niece to mostly manage the household. She is a bit cantankerous and scheming—she suggests to Gabriel that Bathsheba has a number of young suitors, for instance—before falling out of the story when Bathsheba leaves for Weatherbury.
Far from the Madding Crowd. Thomas Hardy 1874. Introduction Author Biography Plot Summary Characters Themes Style Historical Context Critical Overview Criticism Sources Further Reading Introduction. In December 1872, having already published several moderately successful novels, Thomas Hardy was approached by the editor of Cornhill, a respected literary magazine, to write a story to run in ...
About Far from the Madding Crowd. Graced with the splendid illustrations executed by Helen Paterson for the first edition of the novel, this special Collector’s Edition of Far from the Madding Crowd also features handwritten letters and drawings by Hardy, as well as rare and intimate portraits of the author and his first wife, Emma. Here, too, readers are granted a fascinating and touching ...
Far From the Madding Crowd, published in 1874, is a novel by Thomas Hardy set in rural Victorian England.The story revolves around the independent and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene, who manages her late uncle’s farm. Her romantic entanglements with three very different suitors—Gabriel Oak, a shepherd; William Boldwood, a prosperous farmer; and Sergeant Francis Troy, a dashing but ...
In some ways, Far from the Madding Crowd is a traditional novel of marriage, meaning that a heroine is given a choice of two or more suitors, and at the end of the novel, she chooses the right one. Yet a novel such as Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice or Sense and Sensibility focuses on a character who wants to find a husband; Bathsheba has the ...
Far from the Madding Crowd was the first of Hardy’s novels to give the name of Wessex to the landscape of south-west England, and the first to gain him widespread popularity as a novelist. Set against the backdrop of the unchanging natural cycle of the year, the story both upholds and questions rural values with a startlingly modern sensibility.
