Far From the Madding Crowd in Never too Late to Read Classics

Oct 08, 2017 Kelly_Hunsaker_reads ... rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, classics, 1001-books, vic-lit, read-the-world, read-the-world-2018-2020

Victober 2017

I absolutely loved this book! It is the first time I have read Thomas Hardy and I have more that I have moved WAY UP the TBR pile. The interesting thing about my fervor for this book is that I truly disliked Bathsheba Everdene. I found her to be vain, simpering and boring. And I am a reader who loves books for their complex and intriguing characters. So how the heck did this one rate 5 stars? I am not sure I can even explain it... bur Hardy write beautifully intricate and poetic sen ...more

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May 18, 2020 Karen rated it liked it

Shelves: 1001

3.5 stars. I've now read two books by Hardy, Jude the Obscure is the other one. I'm still not quite sure what I think of Hardy. Yes, he is a good writer and I like the descriptions of Rural England. I'm not quite sure I like his characters or plots.

Bathsheba Everdene is a poor girl, yet very beautiful. While visiting her aunt, she meets Gabriel Oak, a sheep farmer and saves his life. Oak, falling in love with Bathsheba asks her to marry him. She refuses and returns home.
Oak loses his farm throu ...more

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Mar 08, 2016 Blueberry rated it liked it

Shelves: books-to-movies, classics

This was a long read for me. Partly because I was reading an downloaded version from Gutenberg.org which had little punctuation beyond periods. Reciprocal dialogue was all combined into big paragraphs and so it wasn't often clear who was talking. BUT then I downloaded it free with my Kindle app onto my Nook and reading became a lot easier...and more enjoyable.
I worry about giving anything away in reviews so this is from the beginning and sets up the whole story. Boy sees girl and falls immediate ...more

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