If you are a fan of good English Lit, then this is a book you have to read.
Far From the Madding Crowd takes place in fictional Wessex, England. The main characters are the beautiful, stubborn, Bathsheba Everdene and kind, gentle, Gabriel Oak. Bathsheba is a rarity, a woman farmer, who catches the eye of Gabriel, a local shepard.
Thomas Hardy paints a convincing picture of the common people living day to day in the English countryside. Read it and enjoy.
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