{"product_id":"9780007218608","title":"Far from the Madding Crowd","description":"\u003cp\u003eHardy’s classic ‘pastoral tale’ of wilful and capricious Bathsheba Everdene and her three suitors, the faithful shepherd, the lonely widower and the dashing but faithless soldier.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn immediate success when it was first published in 1874, Thomas Hardy’s ‘pastoral tale’ of the wilful and capricious Bathsheba Everdene, her three suitors – the faithful shepherd Gabriel Oak, the lonely widower Farmer Boldwood, and the dashing but faithless Sergeant Troy – and the tragic consequences of her eventual choice remains one of the most enduring and popular English novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis historical fiction, penned by the literary genius Thomas Hardy, continues to top the charts of classic English novels. Bathsheba Everdene's journey, her choices and their tragic consequences, make it one of the best reads in the genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of George Eliot (Middlemarch), Jane Austen (Mansfield Park), Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell), Emily Brontë (Wuthering Heights), and Diane Long Hoeveler (The Castle of Wolfenbach).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thomas Hardy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46889114861717,"sku":"9780007218608","price":19.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007218608.jpg?v=1776888144","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007218608","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}