Far From The Madding Crowd Art and Literature Moving to the town of

Moving to the town of Christminster where he finds work as a stonemason

Austen’s hilarious early stories and sketches—complete with her delightfully quirky spelling habits—now collected in one gorgeous clothbound volume

international collection of paintings

By Elaine Showalter

the menacing lawyer Tulkinghorn

Far From The Madding Crowd Art and Literature Moving to the town ofA Clothbound Classics edition of Thomas Hardys impassioned novel of courtship in rural life In Thomas Hardys first major literary success, 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, the soldier seducer Sergeant Troy, and the devoted shepherd Gabriel Oak. Each, in