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This book "Far from the Madding Crowd" starts off pretty slow with a girl "Bathsheba Everdene" that is described to be a fairly goodlooking lady that meets a man who was Gabrial oak. The whole thing starts when Miss. Everdene saves Gabrial's life one night. Then Gabrial asks Everdene to marry him, but of course she says no because why does she want to get married. Everdene doesn't love Gabrial and that was her main reason why she wasn't going to get married to him. Gabriel continues on and shortly after on his farm loses his sheep. This caused him to be forced out of farming. Gabrial not knowing what else to do he goes and looks for another job and winds up in Weatherbury. There he is hired as a shepherd to Bathsheba.
From here on out to almost the end of the story is pretty much where i noticed that it seems like there could of been alot cut out to kind of get right to the point but i guese some of it was needed. I though this cause the next major event didnt happen till like the near end. Then it goes it where Gabrial helps Bathsheba out wit the farm different sorts of things on the farm and she begins to notice her neighbor. Her neighbor is Mr. Boldwood. She starts to get so interested into him that she sends him a valentines card and he gets so excited but he is a guy that was chased after by many of the ladies becuase of his wealth. Mr. Boldwood soon later asks if she will marry him and just like before she refuses because she says she doesn't love him. Then later on the same day that she was asked to be married she meets a man named Troy. What she doesnt know about him though is that he had just got a girl pregnant and was just about to marrie her. Of course just like all of the other guys, Troy also falls in love with Bathsheba and the other man that Bathsheba was with of course finds out about this and quit angry. So Bathsheba goes to let troy know and while she is there Troy makes her beleive that she loves him and wants to marry him. So they get married and shortley after they get married the girl that Troy got pregnant had his child and the lady died in the process. Once Troy knows that she is going to find out about this he runs away cause he knows it was the wrong thing the whole time to do what he had done to Bathsheba. I feel that when Troy new that he had just got another lady pregnant the he should definatly told her because he had to of known it was only gona come back up in the future to stab him from behind which of course it did. So it goes to serve him right for messing around and trying to hide things in his past that should of been revealed.
So now that it seems that Troy is out of the whole picture Boldwood thinks he may have his chance again at her so he has a party and invites her. Not knowing that Troy is also going to show up at the party which he does and when he does Boldwood is in shock because Boldwood just asked her to marry him and she said that she would and now Troy shows up so Boldwood pulls his gun and fires it at Troy. Killing Troy Boldwood is sentenced to life and prison. Then you think where else could this story go but to where you would almost forget at the begging Gabriel the young farmer. Gabriel meets up with Bthsheba a lil while after the killing and gets married to him. I feel that this part was the best part of the whole story because it was the most action that was taking place through out the whole novel and since i like action books i guese this wasnt the book for me but it was still a good reading novel.
So i guese over all in my perspective the moral of the novel was that you can never expect to expect what you want when dealing with love. Love is something i guese you could say shouldnt be tampered with and just let it take its course. Unlike the characters in this novel they tried to direct the love of one girl more by forcing her to try and like them but it doesnt work out to be like that. Thats why the one gentleman that stood back for a bit and waited did get to marry the girl of his i guese dreams.

In "Far from the Madding Crowd", Thomas Hardy introduces us to the precarious 'love square'. At the core of all the turmoil is beautiful farm girl, Bathsheba Everdene - spirited, vain, intelligent and adept at toying with the hearts of men. Inevitably beguiled by her charms a humble and kind farmer, Gabriel Oak, fervently attempts to win Bathsheba's affections. Enter the competition: (suitor#2) Farmer Boldwood - a wealthy and temperate middle-aged man respected in the community, eventually plunges into maniacal obsession at the mere possibility of making the beloved Miss Everdene his wife; and (suitor#3) Sergeant Francis Troy - a dashing young philandering soldier, with his share of inner demons, ruthlessness and vanity, vies for Bathsheba's hand in marriage. Bathsheba's ultimate decision, and the cataclysm it evokes, lies at the epicenter of Hardy's unforgettable ambivalent story.

"Far from the Madding Crowd", Thomas Hardy's fourth novel, saw publication in 1874 and earned him widespread popularity as a writer. A delicately woven tale of unrequited love and regret, set in the mid-19th century, Far From the Madding Crowd is a masterpiece of pure story-telling. Hardy's classic style is a pleasure to read as he masterfully brings his characters and their dealings to life.

I would not hesitate to say it definitely captured my heart as another favourite.

Forget the infamous "love triangle". In Far from the Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy introduces us to the precarious "love square".

At the core of all the turmoil is beautiful farm girl, Bathsheba Everdene - spirited, vain, intelligent and adept at toying with the hearts of men. Inevitably beguiled by her charms a humble and kind farmer, Gabriel Oak, fervently attempts to win Bathsheba's affections. Enter the competition....

(suitor#2) Farmer Boldwood - a wealthy and temperate middle-aged man respected in the community, eventually plunges into maniacal obsession at the mere possibility of making the beloved Miss Everdene his wife; and (suitor#3) Sergeant Francis Troy - a dashing young philandering soldier, with his share of inner demons, ruthlessness and vanity, vies for Bathsheba's hand in marriage.

Bathsheba's ultimate decision, and the cataclysm it evokes, lies at the epicenter of Hardy's unforgettable ambivalent story.

"Far from the Madding Crowd", Thomas Hardy's fourth novel, saw publication in 1874 and earned him widespread popularity as a writer. A delicately woven tale of unrequited love and regret, set in the mid-19th century, "Far From the Madding Crowd" is a masterpiece of pure story-telling.

Hardy's classic style is a pleasure to read as he masterfully brings his characters and their dealings to life. I would not hesitate to say it definitely captured my heart as another favourite.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Far From Ordinary
Hardy is not my favorite author by any stretch of the imagination, but this is a work of beauty. Unlike other Victorian works (like those of Jane), "Far From the Madding... Read more

Published on Mar 26 2004 by NorthofCB

4.0 out of 5 stars It's a romance...
Not my typical fare, whether in classics or in modern literature. The beautiful heroine of this 19th century novel, Bathsheba Everdene (naming of characters evidently isn't one of... Read more

Published on July 5 2002 by Ritesh Laud

5.0 out of 5 stars A towering achievement of English literature
This has to be my favorite of all Thomas Hardy's many classic works. "Far from the Madding Crowd" was published in 1874 when the novelist was 34 years old. Read more

Published on May 24 2002 by Catherine S. Vodrey

3.0 out of 5 stars Adventure, Love, Anger, and Happiness
Thomas Hardy writes about adventure, romance, anger, and sheer happiness in Far From the Madding Crowd. The story takes place in the beautiful England countryside. Read more

Published on April 22 2002 by Katie Sigmon

3.0 out of 5 stars Adventure, Love, Anger, and Happiness
Thomas Hardy writes about adventure, romance, anger, and sheer happiness in Far From the Madding Crowd. The story takes place in the beautiful England countryside. Read more

Published on April 22 2002 by Katie Sigmon

3.0 out of 5 stars FAR FROM COMPELLING
Classic soap opera, sometimes dull and very mannered, though not without some redeeeming qualities. Character studies quite good, but they sometimes are bogged down in trivial... Read more

Published on April 4 2002 by david eisenman

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