{"product_id":"far-from-the-madding-crowd-hardcover-4","title":"Far from the Madding Crowd - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Hardy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRosemarie Morgan\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eRosemarie Morgan\u003c\/b\u003e (Notes by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Clothbound Classics edition of Thomas Hardy's impassioned novel of courtship in rural life\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In Thomas Hardy's first major literary success, independent and spirited Bathsheba Everdene has come to Weatherbury to take up her position as a farmer on the largest estate in the area. Her bold 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 tragedy ensues, threatening the stability of the whole community. One of his first works set in the semi-fictional region of Wessex, Hardy's novel of swift passion and slow courtship is imbued with his evocative descriptions of rural life and landscapes, and with unflinching honesty about sexual relationships. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition, based on Hardy's original 1874 manuscript, is the complete novel he never saw published, and restores its full candor and innovation. Rosemarie Morgan's introduction discusses the history of its publication, as well as the biblical and classical allusions that permeate the novel.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Hardy\u003c\/b\u003e (1840-1928), whose writing immortalized the semi-fictional Wessex countryside and dramatized his sense of the inevitable tragedy of life, wrote fifteen novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Return of the Native\u003c\/i\u003e (1878), \u003ci\u003eThe Mayor of Casterbridge\u003c\/i\u003e (1886), \u003ci\u003eTess of the d'Urbervilles\u003c\/i\u003e (1891), and \u003ci\u003eJude the Obscure\u003c\/i\u003e (1895). He is also renowned as one of the greatest poets of his era.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eRosemarie Morgan \u003c\/b\u003eis a professor of English at Yale. Her many works on Thomas Hardy include \u003ci\u003eWomen and Sexuality in the Novels of Thomas Hardy \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCancelled Words: Rediscovering Thomas Hardy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eShannon Russell \u003c\/b\u003eis an assistant professor of English at John Cabot University in Rome.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 7.7 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 30, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Far from the Madding Crowd\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9.7\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 25\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42725518770239,"sku":"9780241240274","price":28.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/d0de01bed5ce65c84446b05401ab4017.webp?v=1765106888","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/far-from-the-madding-crowd-hardcover-4","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}