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, 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. The first of his works set in Wessex, Hardy & rsquo;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.
- ISBN10 0451523601
- ISBN13 9780451523600
- Publish Date 26 November 1992 (first published 1 January 1961)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 29 January 2010
- Publish Country AU
- Imprint Penguin Random House Australia
- Format Paperback (US Mass Market)
- Pages 384
- Language English