![]() One of Hardys greatest novels this classic story. Only available as part of our 40 for £200 Penguin English Library - buy all collection. Far from the Madding Crowd is an adapted Pre-intermediate Level reader written by the famous Thomas Hardy. ![]() Only available as part of our 5 for £25 Penguin English Library collection. Chapter 21 Far from the Madding Crowd Home Literature Notes Far from the Madding Crowd Chapter 21 Summary and Analysis Chapter 21 Summary Gabriel had been gone about twenty-four hours when, on Sunday, men came running to Bathsheba to report that many of her sheep had broken into a field of clover. The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War. ![]() Vividly portraying the superstitions and traditions of a small rural community, Far from the Madding Crowd shows the precarious position of a woman in a man's world. Hardy's powerful novel of swift sexual passion and slow-burning loyalty centres on Bathsheba Everdene, a proud working woman whose life is complicated by three different men - respectable farmer Boldwood, seductive Sergeant Troy and devoted Gabriel - making her the object of scandal and betrayal. 'I cannot allow any man to - to criticise my private conduct!' she exclaimed. ![]() The Penguin English Library Edition of Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy ![]()
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