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Synopsis

‘I hate to be thought men’s property in that way’

Independent and spirited Bathsheba Everdene has come to Weatherbury to take up her position as a farmer on the largest estate in the area. Her bold presence draws three very different suitors: the gentleman-farmer Boldwood, soldier-seducer Sergeant Troy and the devoted shepherd Gabriel Oak. Each, in contrasting ways, unsettles her decisions and complicates her life, and tragedy ensues, threatening the stability of the whole community. The first of his works set in Wessex, Hardy’s novel of swift passion and slow courtship is imbued with his evocative descriptions of rural life and landscapes, and with unflinching honesty about sexual relationships.

This edition, based on Hardy’s original 1874 manuscript, is the complete novel he never saw published, and restores its full candour and innovation. Rosemarie Morgan’s introduction discusses the history of its publication, and the Biblical and Classical allusions that permeate the novel.

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Customer Review: 16 January 2007

Reviewer: Saad

It was delightful. An incredible blend of love,pathos and humour.

Critic Review:

‘Wonderful … a landscape which satisfies every stir of the imagination and which ravishes the senses’ 
Ronald Blythe

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