false 31463 145 1960 Edition- With an Afterword by James Wright. 1961 Edition-Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Rosemarie Morgan with Shannon Russell. 914540 book 1874 Far from the Madding Crowd total:4375|5:1188|4:1776|3:1069|2:254|1:88| 4375 16847 6269 390 4 5 false false Thu Feb 14 13:09:24 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 18:23:51 -0800 2008
I think this book is about life and true love, but man alive, what a way to make a point. At the time this was written I imagine Hardy was proud of his progressive views towa...more...]]> 4 5 false false Fri Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 22 07:46:01 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 23 17:27:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 4 false false Mon Sep 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 12:47:13 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 30 10:35:28 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 3 false false Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sun Apr 13 02:30:53 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 02:34:19 -0700 2008 A few months ago, in another life, I read a book called 'Far From The Madding Crowd', by Thomas Hardy. I bought it second hand in Invercargill in March, when I found myself on the road for two weeks with nothing to read. I got about four pages into it during that time, having discovered other and be...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Dec 12 04:00:50 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 04:03:21 -0800 2008 1
Hardy's depiction of rural life i...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Nov 02 19:20:40 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 02 19:20:40 -0800 2008 Forget the infamous “love triangle”

In Far from the Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy introduces us to the precarious “love square”. At the core of all the turmoil is beautiful farm girl, Bathsheba Everdene - spirited, vain, intelligent and adept at toying with the hearts of men.

Inevitably beguiled...more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jan 18 11:14:46 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 16 14:41:21 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 31 23:04:47 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 08 13:43:39 -0700 2008 Tess, Jude and Return of the Native. Hardy is a classic novelist in every sense. His attention to detail, his keen insight to characters and landscape are elastic. He is open to his own imaginati...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 14 07:50:20 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 11:05:17 -0700 2008
It's a really good book. It's an unconventional love story between a s...more...]]> 4 2 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 27 20:26:26 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 28 11:43:52 -0800 2007 Tess of the D'Urbervilles I read on Amazon that led me to Far from the Madding Crowd. The poster suggested that readers start with "Crowd" before any other Hardy books, which I took to heart since I'm completel...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Mar 20 18:30:05 -0700 2007 Tue Mar 20 19:04:53 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 16:40:32 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 16:48:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Nov 25 12:15:33 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 12:18:28 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jul 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 10 10:29:38 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 24 07:19:18 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Apr 12 23:15:40 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 23:16:06 -0700 2009 Summary
A young man who is called Gabriel Oak manages a farm. He loves a woman who has a name that Bathsheba. She is a beautiful and independent woman. He asks her to marry him, but she refuses him. Then Gabrie loses his farm. He begins to work for Bathsheba. Bat...more...]]> 5 3 false false Wed Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 22:21:20 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 22:12:29 -0700 2009 2
I read it decades ago and I admit I didn't like it; I fou...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Wed Feb 28 19:30:42 -0800 2007 Wed Feb 28 19:52:07 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon May 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 23:15:54 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 01:19:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jul 31 13:14:50 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 21:20:08 -0700 2009 In a number of conversations, I have expressed to family and friends the need for "symmetry" in my li...more...]]> 5 0 true false Fri Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 11:47:32 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 21:34:37 -0700 2009 2 days
(b) Author: Thomas Hardy

(c) Number of pages read: 57 pages

(d) The question numbers: (2) and (14)

(e) The questions:


Question #2. Does this story or its characters remind you of another story you...more...]]>