Far From The Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
Published by admin February 4th, 2007 in British Classics, The ClassicsChapt 1 - 15 | Chapt 16 - 30 | Chapt 31-46 | Chapt 47 - 57 the finish
Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) is Thomas Hardy’s fourth novel and offers in ample measure the details of English rural life that Hardy so relished. Hardy’s growing taste for tragedy is also evident in the novel. It first appeared, anonymously, as a monthly magazine serial, where it gained a wide readership and critical acclaim. 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.” The book is often regarded as an early piece of feminist literature, since it features an independent woman with the courage to defy convention by running a farm herself. Although Bathsheba’s passionate nature leads her into serious errors of judgment, Hardy endows her with sufficient resilience, intelligence, and good luck to overcome her youthful folly. (summary abstracted from Wikipedia)
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Far From The Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
Total running time: 14:40:15 - 57 Chapters
01 - Description of Farmer Oak–An Incident - 00:11:23
02 - Night–The Flock–An Interior–Another Interior - 00:19:35
03 - A Girl on Horseback–Conversation - 00:18:58
04 - Gabriel’s Resolve–The Visit–The Mistake - 00:20:25
05 - Departure of Bathsheba– A Pastoral Tragedy - 00:11:38
06 - The Fair–The Journey–The Fire - 00:19:46
07 - Recognition — A Timid Girl - 00:09:18
08 - The Malthouse — The Chat — News - 00:48:45
09 - The Homestead — A Visitor — Half - Confidences - 00:15:10
10 - Mistress and Men - 00:13:29
11 - Outside the Barracks–Snow–A Meeting - 00:11:57
12 - Farmers–A Rule–An Exception - 00:10:11
13 - Sortes Sanctorum–The Valentine - 00:08:45
14 - Effect of the Letter–Sunrise - 00:10:07
15 - A Morning Meeting–The Letter Again - 00:22:55
