Book Description
Far from the Madding Crowd was the first of Hardy's novels to apply the name of Wessex to the landscape of south west England, and the first to gain him widespread popularity as a novelist. When the beautiful and spirited Bathsheba Everdene inherits her own farm, she attracts three very different suitors: the seemingly commonplace, man-of-the-soil Gabriel Oak, the dashing young soldier, Francis Troy, and the respectable, middle-aged Farmer Boldwood. Her choice, and the tragedy it provokes, lie at the centre of Hardy's ambivalent story.
This edition presents a new text of the novel restoring several manuscript passages never before published with the novel, and many of the 1901 revisions missing from nearly all modern versions.
This work tells the story of young farmer, Gabriel Oak, and his pursuit of the elusive Bathsheba Everdene, whose wayward nature lends her to both tragedy and true love. The background of this tale is the Wessex countryside in all its moods.
The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature
Novel by Thomas Hardy, published serially and anonymously in 1874 in The Cornhill Magazine and published in book form under Hardy's name the same year. It was his first popular success. The plot centers on Bathsheba Everdene, a farm owner, and her three suitors, Gabriel Oak (a generous shepherd), Sergeant Troy (a young, handsome, and inconsiderate soldier), and William Boldwood (the owner of the neighboring farm). The contrasting relationships between Bathsheba and her suitors are a study of the many faces of love, including honest, heartfelt love and unscrupulous and manipulative adoration.
From Library Journal
Random's Modern Library is reproducing this Hardy standard as a tie-in to a Masterpiece Theater presentation and offering a quality hardcover for a reasonable price.
From AudioFile
Those who relished the recent PBS series will be happy to know that this audio version is read by Gabriel Oak himself--Nathaniel Parker. He and Thomas Hardy make a fine team. As the rustic workers bring in the harvest, or shear the sheep, or barter at the market--their lively dialogue projects pictures of nineteenth-century Wessex that are almost as vivid as the paintings of John Constable. Nathaniel Parker seems to be one of them--or all of them--as he slips naturally from one character to another, even capturing the voice of Bathsheba as she laments her disastrous marriage. It all comes together in the end as she and Gabriel prepare to live happily ever after, the only Hardy characters so blessed! J.C.
About Author
Thomas Hardy (1840--1928), the author of Jude the Obscure, The Return of the Native, and Tess of the D'Urbervilles, was also an accomplished poet. Seventeen volumes of his work are available from Penguin Classics.
Rosemarie Morgan teaches at Yale University and is the president of the Thomas Hardy Association.
Shannon Russell holds a fellowship at Oxford University and is head of research for the Yale edition of Tennessee Williams's Journals.
Book Dimension :
length: (cm)19.8 width:(cm)12.6
很少有作家像哈代先生那样不知疲倦地描写自己的故乡,英格兰的多塞克郡。广阔的原野,成群的牛羊,高山、深谷、森林、溪水.......仿佛古老的威塞克斯地区是英格兰的地理样本。乡村生活中,季节就像是自然调色板上的不同色彩,时间就是画笔。所有的房屋,无数的道路,蓬勃...
评分【书名】:《Far from the madding crowd》(书虫系列) 【感想】: 1.我常常因为小时候读书少而有一种懊悔又焦急的心情。可是最近复习这些名作,却又常常感叹,从前看的时候哪能看出这番滋味。 2.芭丝谢芭年轻、高傲,所以她容易被华而不实的外表和话语蒙蔽,并且固执地选择...
评分摘: 哈代在《远离尘嚣》中说:“爱情、生命和人类的一切在和狂怒的宇宙紧紧地并列在一起的时候就显得微不足道了。” 长的是人生,短的是爱慕。 他在另一部小说《德伯家的苔丝》中说,“凡是有甜美的鸟歌唱的地方,也就有毒蛇嘶嘶地叫”
评分“那是因为他总是从旧塔门进教堂,而且总坐在后排人们看不见的地方。”她急切地回答道。 …… “不过,请你现在走开好吗?我作为一个女人,而不是你的女主人,求你了。” “当然可以,伊芙丁小姐。”盖伯瑞尔轻声说道。她的请求令他稍感意外,因为此刻天已渐黑,而此处又是一座...
interminable descriptions of monotonous sceneries,乡村爱情需要这么文绉吗需要吗。Hardy你塑造的女人可以不那么拿无知卖萌不那么愚蠢浅薄做作虚荣吗。标题党泪奔。这本小说不该叫“远离尘嚣”,应叫“犯贱男女”(contemptibil
评分foolish, stupid women, out of all reason.
评分開始覺得Bathsheba有點賤,惹出種種事端,卻一副不是自己的錯的innocent樣。 後來慢慢讀,才意識到,這是他們每個人個性的結果。一切都是必然的。 也覺得Bathsheba和Gabriel所走的這麼多年不是冤枉路。他們倆,非要這樣,才能成為真正的愛人,懂得真正的愛情。
评分well, ashamed that I didn't pay much attention to the book
评分写景比写人好看
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