Far from the Madding Crowd

Before he was famous for Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy was an architect with a desire to write and an unknown novel....
First published anonymously in 1874, Far from the Madding Crowd soon skyrocketed Thomas Hardy to literary fame. The novel follows Bathsheba Everdene and her three suitors: shepherd Gabriel Oak, introverted farmer William Boldwood, and rakish young soldier Sergeant Francis Troy. Not only does each suitor somehow upset Bathsheba's life, but their effects are also felt in her Wessex countryside community.
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Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) is one of England's greatest novelists. Most of his work is set in his native Dorset, on the south coast of England.