Track | Chapter | Length | Track | Chapter | Length | |
1 | Preface | 4:55 | 30 | Chapter 29 | 15:48 | |
2 | Chapter 01 | 12:02 | 31 | Chapter 30 | 10:15 | |
3 | Chapter 02 | 17:39 | 32 | Chapter 31 | 19:28 | |
4 | Chapter 03 | 17:03 | 33 | Chapter 32 | 18:15 | |
5 | Chapter 04 | 19:30 | 34 | Chapter 33 | 16:45 | |
6 | Chapter 05 | 11:07 | 35 | Chapter 34 | 21:05 | |
7 | Chapter 06 | 20:20 | 36 | Chapter 35 | 8:55 | |
8 | Chapter 07 | 7:16 | 37 | Chapter 36 | 19:17 | |
9 | Chapter 08 | 37:29 | 38 | Chapter 37 | 15:35 | |
10 | Chapter 09 | 11:45 | 39 | Chapter 38 | 8:00 | |
11 | Chapter 10 | 12:52 | 40 | Chapter 39 | 9:00 | |
12 | Chapter 11 | 10:02 | 41 | Chapter 40 | 15:47 | |
13 | Chapter 12 | 10:06 | 42 | Chapter 41 | 22:13 | |
14 | Chapter 13 | 8:22 | 43 | Chapter 42 | 25:22 | |
15 | Chaoter 14 | 8:34 | 44 | Chapter 43 | 22:11 | |
16 | Chapter 15 | 21:37 | 45 | Chapter 44 | 15:13 | |
17 | Chapter 16 | 6:11 | 46 | Chapter 45 | 9:52 | |
18 | Chapter 17 | 5:35 | 47 | Chapter 46 | 16:49 | |
19 | Chapter 18 | 10:14 | 48 | Chapter 47 | 6:32 | |
20 | Chapter 19 | 12:34 | 49 | Chapter 48 | 11:03 | |
21 | Chapter 20 | 12:39 | 50 | Chapter 49 | 11:37 | |
22 | Chapter 21 | 13:47 | 51 | Chapter 50 | 30:45 | |
23 | Chapter 22 | 22:53 | 52 | Chapter 51 | 17:24 | |
24 | Chapter 23 | 13:16 | 53 | Chapter 52 | 20:55 | |
25 | Chapter 24 | 13:54 | 54 | Chapter 53 | 23:44 | |
26 | Chapter 25 | 7:39 | 55 | Chapter 54 | 9:08 | |
27 | Chapter 26 | 19:21 | 56 | Chapter 55 | 9:44 | |
28 | Chapter 27 | 7:00 | 57 | Chapter 56 | 18:35 | |
29 | Chapter 28 | 12:08 | 58 | Chapter 57 | 11:37 |
Notes
Running Time: 14 hours and 9 minutes
Read by: Tadhg
Book Coordinator: Tadhg
Meta Coordinator: Leni
Proof Listener: Betty M.
Artwork
Cover: Stour Valley and Dedham Church c. 1815 John Constable (1776–1837).
Inset: Thos. Hardy from Bain News Service, publisher George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Insert background image: “A Cottage in a Corn Field”by John Constable (1776 - 1837)
Recordings
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Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy, published anonymously in 1874, centers on its heroine, Bathsheba Everdene, a newcomer to the Wessex countryside who has come to live with her aunt. In short order she has three suitors: Gabriel Oak, a young shepherd who asks for her hand and is rebuffed, but hired by her nevertheless; William Boldwood, an older, prosperous and repressed farmer, whom she teases and refuses; and Sergeant Frank Troy, returning to his native country after military service, whom she marries. Troy proves to be a gambler and romantically attached to another. The hand of fate intervenes, secrets are revealed, and conflicts lead to desperate measures. Two of the three rivals come to grief, and Bathsheba finally sees the light of her one true and selfless friendship just as he is set to depart for California.
Far From the Madding Crowd, which takes its title from Thomas Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”, was Hardy’s first major success. It appeared initially in serial form in Cornhill Magazine and was revised by Hardy in 1895 and again in 1901. It ranks 48th on the BBC’s “Big Read” list of the best-loved novels of all time and 10th on The Guardian’s list of the greatest love stories of all time. It has been adapted frequently for stage and screen, most recently in the 2015 David Nicholls film starring Carey Mulligan.
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Item Info | |
EAN - DVD case | 0683422134197 |
EAN - CD jacket | 0687700170914 |
Media | MP3 CD |
Package | DVD box |
Author | Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928) |
Year | 1874, revised 1895 and 1901 |
Recording | |
Read by | Tadhg |
Length | 14 hours 9 minutes |
Type of Reading | Solo |
Far From The Madding Crowd
- Author: Thomas Hardy
- Product Code: DB-1113
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