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Far from the Madding Crowd

By: Thomas Hardy
Narrated by: Martin Shaw
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Hardy’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.

An 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.

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Nice reading of a classic tale, though it weirdly doesn’t sound very much like Martin Shaw.

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An evocative story of complicated love, about woman determined to stand on her own two feet in the world of men, delivered by the beautiful voice of Martin Shaw.

The beautiful voice and delivery of Martin Shaw.

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