Hardys stimmungsvollster Roman, der das ländliche Leben Südenglands in lyrischen Naturschilderungen beschwört.
Als sie zu ihrer Tante in ein kleines Dorf im Südwesten Englands zieht, wirkt die stolze Schönheit Bathsheba Everdene wie eine Exotin. Sie schart eine Reihe von Verehrern um sich, darunter den bescheidenen Schäfer Gabriel Oak, den wohlhabenden Farmer William Boldwood und den charmanten Soldaten Francis Troy. Doch welcher ist der Richtige?
Am grünen Rand der Welt (engl. Far from the Madding Crowd ) bedeutete für Thomas Hardy 1874 den literarischen Durchbruch
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Here is one of Thomas Hardy's most popular novels, soon to be released as a major motion picture in May 2015.
'I shall do one thing in this life - one thing certain - that is, love you, and long for you, and keep wanting you till I die'
Independent and spirited, Bathsheba Everdene owns the hearts of three men. Striving to win her love in different ways, their relationships with Bathsheba complicate her life in bucolic Wessex - and cast shadows over their own. With the morals and expectations of rural society weighing heavily upon her, Bathsheba experiences the torture of unrequited love and betrayal, and discovers how random acts of chance and tragedy can dramatically alter life's course.
The first of Hardy's novels to become a major literary success, Far from the Madding Crowd explores what it means to live and to love.
