{"product_id":"far-from-the-madding-crowd-paperback-1","title":"Far from the Madding Crowd - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFar from the Madding Crowd\u003c\/b\u003e, Hardy's passionate tale of the beautiful, headstrong farmer Bathsheba Everdene and her three suitors, firmly established the thirty-four-year-old writer as a popular novelist. According to Virginia Woolf, \"The subject was right; the method was right; the poet and the countryman, the sensual man, the sombre reflective man, the man of learning, all enlisted to produce a book which . . . must hold its place among the great English novels.\" Introducing the fictional name of \"Wessex\" to describe Hardy's legendary countryside, this early masterpiece draws a vivid picture of rural life in southwest England. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the 1912 Wessex edition and features Hardy's map of Wessex.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFar from the Madding Crowd, Hardy's passionate tale of the beautiful, headstrong farmer Bathsheba Everdene and her three suitors, firmly established the thirty-four-year-old writer as a popular novelist. According to Virginia Woolf, \"The subject was right; the method was right; the poet and the countryman, the sensual man, the sombre reflective man, the man of learning, all enlisted to produce a book which . . . must hold its place among the great English novels.\" Introducing the fictional name of \"Wessex\" to describe Hardy's legendary countryside, this early masterpiece draws a vivid picture of rural life in southwest England. \u003cbr\u003eThis Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the 1912 Wessex edition and features Hardy's map of Wessex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101548417247,"sku":"9780375757976","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/kMQ633c5RE9780375757976.webp?v=1781071701","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/far-from-the-madding-crowd-paperback-1","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}