“Far from the Madding Crowd” Is Imperfect, Yet Brisk and Beautiful

Far from the Madding Crowd (Thomas Vinterberg, 2015) First published in 1874, Far from the Madding Crowd was English writer Thomas Hardy‘s fourth novel and his first big commercial success. The book tells the story of the original Miss Everdene – Bathsheba, not Katniss – and her various male admirers, one of whom is Gabriel Oak, a […]