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Far from the Madding Crowd SS_Gift_Guide author of Blacktop Wasteland andThe classic novel of passion and courtship in rural England 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 contrasting ways, unsettles her decisions