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  • Far From the Madding Crowd

  • By: Thomas Hardy
  • Narrated by: Martin Shaw
  • Length: 2 hrs and 53 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (10 ratings)

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By: Thomas Hardy
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Summary

Hardy’s classic ‘pastoral tale’ of wilful and capricious Bathsheba Everdene and her three suitors, the faithful shepherd, the lonely widower and the dashing but faithless soldier.

An immediate success when it was first published in 1874, Thomas Hardy’s ‘pastoral tale’ of the wilful and capricious Bathsheba Everdene, her three suitors – the faithful shepherd Gabriel Oak, the lonely widower Farmer Boldwood, and the dashing but faithless Sergeant Troy – and the tragic consequences of her eventual choice remains one of the most enduring and popular English novels.
Public Domain (P)1989 HarperCollins UK
Fiction Romance Classics
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Very good

Nice reading of a classic tale, though it weirdly doesn’t sound very much like Martin Shaw.

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