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Thomas HardyFar From The Madding Crowd (August 7, 2007)

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Librivox recording of Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy.

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Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) is Thomas Hardy's fourth novel and offers in ample measure the details of English rural life that Hardy so relished. Hardy's growing taste for tragedy is also evident in the novel. It first appeared, anonymously, as a monthly magazine serial, where it gained a wide readership and critical acclaim. According to Virginia Woolf, "The subject was right; the method was right; the poet and the countryman, the sensual man, the sombre reflective man, the man of learning, all enlisted to produce a book which . . . must hold its place among the great English novels." The book is often regarded as an early piece of feminist literature, since it features an independent woman with the courage to defy convention by running a farm herself. Although Bathsheba's passionate nature leads her into serious errors of judgment, Hardy endows her with sufficient resilience, intelligence, and good luck to overcome her youthful folly. (summary abstracted from Wikipedia)

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It also belongs to collections: Audio Books & Poetry; Community Audio

Artist/Composer: Thomas Hardy
Date: 2007-08-07
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: librivox; audiobooks; English literature; Thomas Hardy; Far From the Madding Crowd; rural life; tragedy

Creative Commons license: Public Domain


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01 - Description of Farmer Oak--An Incident 10.4 MB
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02 - Night--The Flock--An Interior--Another Interior 17.9 MB
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03 - A Girl on Horseback--Conversation 17.4 MB
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04 - Gabriel's Resolve--The Visit--The Mistake 18.7 MB
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05 - Departure of Bathsheba-- A Pastoral Tragedy 10.7 MB
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06 - The Fair--The Journey--The Fire 18.1 MB
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07 - Recognition -- A Timid Girl 8.5 MB
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08 - The Malthouse -- The Chat -- News 44.6 MB
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09 - The Homestead -- A Visitor -- Half - Confidences 13.9 MB
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10 - Mistress and Men 12.4 MB
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11 - Outside the Barracks--Snow--A Meeting 11.0 MB
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12 - Farmers--A Rule--An Exception 9.3 MB
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13 - Sortes Sanctorum--The Valentine 8.0 MB
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14 - Effect of the Letter--Sunrise 9.3 MB
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15 - A Morning Meeting--The Letter Again 21.0 MB
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16 - All Saints' and All Souls' 6.4 MB
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17 - In the Market-Place 5.2 MB
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18 - Boldwood in Meditation--Regret 9.2 MB
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19 - The Sheep-Washing--The Offer 11.4 MB
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20 - Perplexity--Grinding the Shears--A Quarrel 11.7 MB
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21 - Troubles in the Fold - A Message 11.6 MB
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22 - The Great Barn and the Sheep-Shearers 19.4 MB
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23 - Eventide--A Second Declaration 12.7 MB
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24 - The Same Night--The Fir Plantation 12.2 MB
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25 - The New Acquaintance Described 7.1 MB
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26 - Scene on the Verge of the Hay-Mead 16.9 MB
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27 - Hiving the Bees 6.7 MB
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28 - The Hollow Amid the Ferns 11.5 MB
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29 - Particulars of a Twilight Walk 15.3 MB
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30 - Hot Cheeks and Tearful Eyes 9.6 MB
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31 - Blame - Fury 18.0 MB
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32 - Night-Horses Tramping 17.9 MB
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33 - In the Sun -- A Harbinger 13.2 MB
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34 - Home Again--A Trickster 18.2 MB
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35 - At an Upper Window 7.4 MB
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36 - Wealth in Jeopardy--The Revel 16.4 MB
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37 - The Storm -- The Two Toghether 13.8 MB
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38 - Rain--One Solitary Meets Another 7.0 MB
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39 - Coming Home--A Cry 7.6 MB
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40 - On Casterbridge Highway 16.4 MB
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41 - Suspicion--Fanny Is Sent For 20.6 MB
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42 - Joseph and His Burden--Buck's Head 23.1 MB
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43 - Fanny's Revenge 19.3 MB
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44 - Under a Tree--Reaction 13.9 MB
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45 - Troy's Romanticism 9.1 MB
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46 - The Gurgoyle and Its Doings 14.2 MB
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47 - Adventures By The Shore 7.5 MB
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48 - Doubts Arise -- Doubts Linger 11.5 MB
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49 - Oak's Advancement--A Great Hope 11.9 MB
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50 -The Sheep Fair--Troy Touches His Wife's Hand 31.0 MB
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51 - Bathsheba Talks with Her Outrider 18.4 MB
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52 - Converging Courses 20.4 MB
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53 - Concurritur--Horae Momento 23.1 MB
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54 - After the Shock 9.8 MB
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55 - The March Following-- 9.9 MB
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56 - Beauty in Loneliness--After All 17.8 MB
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57 - A Foggy Night and Morning--Conclusion 10.8 MB
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Reviewer: ListeninginChicago - 4.00 out of 5 stars4.00 out of 5 stars4.00 out of 5 stars4.00 out of 5 stars - July 24, 2009
Subject: English Lit gets out of the parlor and onto the farm
Summary from Librivox: Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) is Thomas Hardy’s fourth novel and offers in ample measure the details of English rural life that Hardy so relished. Hardy’s growing taste for tragedy is also evident in the novel. It first appeared, anonymously, as a monthly magazine serial, where it gained a wide readership and critical acclaim. According to Virginia Woolf, “The subject was right; the method was right; the poet and the countryman, the sensual man, the sombre reflective man, the man of learning, all enlisted to produce a book which . . . must hold its place among the great English novels.” The book is often regarded as an early piece of feminist literature, since it features an independent woman with the courage to defy convention by running a farm herself. Although Bathsheba’s passionate nature leads her into serious errors of judgment, Hardy endows her with sufficient resilience, intelligence, and good luck to overcome her youthful folly. (summary abstracted from Wikipedia)

My thoughts: It was fun to get out of the parlor and into the actual workings of an English farm. The collection of Librivox readers do a wonderful job - there were a few average readings, but most of the chapters were a joy to listen to.


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