Download or read book Far from the Madding Crowd written by Thomas Hardy and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-03-12 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now a major motion picture! This tale of a passionate, independent woman and her three suitors explores Hardy's trademark themes: thwarted love, the inevitability of fate, and the encroachment of industrial society on rural life.