From the Bookshelf of North Yorkshire Library Service Book Group…

[close] A classic novel by Thomas Hardy full of love, passion and tragedy, set in the English countryside. "Bathsheba Everdene arrives in the small village of Weatherbury and captures the heart of three very different men; Gabriel Oak, a quiet shepherd, the proud, obdurate Farmer Boldwood and dashing, unscrupulous Sergeant Troy. The battle for her affections will have dramatic, tragic and surprising consequences."

The new film of Far from the Madding Crowd comes out on May 1st nationwide, so if we're prompt, we can give it a go before the film reaches our local North Yorkshire arts cinemas.

Borrow from the library: http://capitadiscovery.co.uk/northyor...