Far from the Madding Crowd

Far from the Madding Crowd was the first of Hardy's novels to give the name of Wessex to the landscape of the south-west of England, and the first to gain him widespread popularity. The story of the wooing of Bathsheba Everdene by three suitors is here presented in a critical text with a new introduction, bibliography and chronology.

Far from the Madding Crowd a fost primul dintre romanele lui Hardy care a dat numele de Wessex peisajului din sud-vestul Angliei si primul care i-a castigat o popularitate larg raspandita. Povestea cortegirii lui Batsheba Everdene de catre trei pretendenti este prezentata aici intr-un text critic cu o noua introducere, bibliografie si cronologie.