Independent-minded Bathsheba Everdene is in charge of her own farm at a time when few women owned property. She must also make a difficult choice, between three very different men who love her. Set in the beautiful English countryside, F ar from the Madding Crowd is one of Thomas Hardy’s most romant...

Independent-minded Bathsheba Everdene is in charge of her own farm at a time when few women owned property. She must also make a difficult choice, between three very different men who love her. Set in the beautiful English countryside, F ar from the Madding Crowd is one of Thomas Hardy’s most romantic and popular novels.

** Dossiers:**

Hardy Country

Love, Marriage and Divorce in Victorian England

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