Far from the Madding Crowd is Thomas Hardy’s fourth novel and his first major literary success. The novel is the first to be set in Hardy’s Wessex in rural southwest England. It describes the life and relationships of Bathsheba Everdene with her lonely neighbour William Boldwood, the faithful shepherd Gabriel Oak, and the thriftless soldier Sergeant Troy. The book has been adapted into a film starring Tom Hanks and Amy Adams, and a stage version has been released in the UK in 2011.
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Far from the Madding Crowd is Thomas Hardy’s fourth novel and his first major literary success. The novel is the first to be set in Hardy’s Wessex in rural southwest England. It describes the life and relationships of Bathsheba Everdene with her lonely neighbour William Boldwood, the faithful shepherd Gabriel Oak, and the thriftless soldier Sergeant Troy. In 2003, the novel was listed at number 48 on the BBC’s survey The Big Read. In 2007, the book finished 10th on The Guardian’s list of greatest love stories of all time. It has been dramatised several times, notably in the Oscar-nominated 1967 film directed by John Schlesinger. The book was first published anonymously as a monthly serial in Cornhill Magazine, where it gained a wide readership. Hardy revised the text extensively for the 1895 edition and made further changes for the 1901 edition. It is now available in hardback and paperback for the first time in more than 50 years, with a price tag of around £30 ($50) The book has been adapted into a film starring Tom Hanks and Amy Adams, and a stage version has been released in the UK in 2011.
The film is based on the novel by the same name. The movie is released in UK cinemas on November 21, 2013. The UK release date is November 22, 2013, with the UK release dates to follow. The US release date has not yet been announced. The British release date for the film is November 23, 2013 and the UK premiere date is October 23, 2014. The U.S. release date of the film has yet to be announced, but it is expected to be in cinemas by the end of the year. It will be released in America on November 28, 2014, and in Australia on November 29, 2015, and Europe on November 30, 2016, and elsewhere in the world on November 31, 2016. The English release dates have not been released yet, but the US release dates for the book have been announced in advance of the release of the US version of the book in November 2015. The author has previously said that he would like to see the film released in North America in the future.
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