| Description |
xliv, 433 pages : maps ; 21 cm. |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
Penguin Classics |
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Penguin classics.
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| Summary |
In Thomas Hardy's 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 and complicates her life, and tragedy ensues, threatening the stability of the whole community. One of his first works set in the semi-fictional region of Wessex, Hardy's novel of swift passion and slow courtship is imbued with his evocative descriptions of rural life and landscapes, and with unflinching honesty about sexual relationships. |
| Subject |
Women farmers -- Fiction.
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Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction.
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Farm life -- Fiction.
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Dorset (England) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction.
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Wessex (England) -- Fiction.
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Farm life. (OCoLC)fst00921052
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Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
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Triangles (Interpersonal relations) (OCoLC)fst01156439
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Women farmers. (OCoLC)fst01177667
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England -- Dorset.
(OCoLC)fst01212126
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England -- Wessex.
(OCoLC)fst01242455
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1899
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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| Added Author |
Morgan, Rosemarie, editor.
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Russell, Shannon Lee, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780241240274 (hc.) |
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0241240271 (hc.) |
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