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The Connell Guide to Thomas Hardy's Far from the Madding Crowd
Phillip Mallett
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Paperback. Editor(s): Connell, Jolyon. Num Pages: 124 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 110 x 177 x 11. Weight in Grams: 164.
For better or worse, Far from the Madding Crowd was the novel Victorian readers wanted him to write over and over again. One early reviewer was delighted by the pastoral elements: when the sheep are shorn in the ancient town of Weatherbury, the scene is one that Shakespeare or that Chaucer might have watched. But what Hardy had promised as a quiet story took off in unexpected directions. Bathsheba is not merely tempted to make the wrong choice, but does so, and is only saved from the lifelong consequences of her mistake when a third suitor, Farmer Boldwood, ... Read more
For better or worse, Far from the Madding Crowd was the novel Victorian readers wanted him to write over and over again. One early reviewer was delighted by the pastoral elements: when the sheep are shorn in the ancient town of Weatherbury, the scene is one that Shakespeare or that Chaucer might have watched. But what Hardy had promised as a quiet story took off in unexpected directions. Bathsheba is not merely tempted to make the wrong choice, but does so, and is only saved from the lifelong consequences of her mistake when a third suitor, Farmer Boldwood, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Connell Guides United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Weight
163g
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781907776151
SKU
V9781907776151
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99-2
About Phillip Mallett
Phillip Mallett is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of St Andrews. He is the author of Rudyard Kipling: a Literary Life, and has edited a number of collections of essays, including Satire, Kipling Considered, Advances in Thomas Hardy Studies, and most recently Thomas Hardy in Context for Cambridge University Press. He has also prepared critical editions of both ... Read more
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