{"product_id":"far-from-the-madding-crowd-9781853260674","title":"Far from the Madding Crowd","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction and Notes by Norman Vance, Professor of English, University of Sussex.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFar from the Madding Crowd\u003c\/em\u003e is perhaps the most pastoral of Hardy's Wessex novels. It tells the story of the young farmer Gabriel Oak and his love for and pursuit of the elusive Bathsheba Everdene, whose wayward nature leads her to both tragedy and true love.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt tells of the dashing Sergeant Troy whose rakish philosophy of life was '...the past was yesterday; never, the day after', and lastly, of the introverted and reclusive gentleman farmer, Mr Boldwood, whose love fills him with '...a fearful sense of exposure', when he first sets eyes on Bathsheba.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe background of this tale is the Wessex countryside in all its moods, contriving to make it one of the most English of great English novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wordsworth Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/05\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781853260674\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 4.90w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e12782 \/ Far from the Madding Crowd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.7 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 25\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Thomas Hardy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43140587913397,"sku":"9781853260674","price":8.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_8f8965ae-3481-4ce8-89b6-8a0b964a5f82.jpg?v=1695701755","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/far-from-the-madding-crowd-9781853260674","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}