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  • By: Thomas Hardy
  • Narrated by: Neville Jason
  • Length: 3 hrs and 58 mins
  • 3.0 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)
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Far From the Madding Crowd

By: Thomas Hardy
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A vivid classic set in a remote rural corner of early Victorian England features conflicting values, class dichotomy, opposing principles, and romantic drama. Never ceasing to be relevant, Hardy's classic endures as Bathsheba Everdene waivers between wielding her feminine wiles to secure love and marriage and maintaining her stoic independence and self-reliance. Neville Jason narrates with an upper-crust accent, then deftly shifts to the characters' distinctive singsong Cornish speech and earthy expressions. He adapts well to the tones of women and the elderly. The audiobook's musical interludes, while striking the moods reflected in scenes, are slightly too strident - but are not a distraction from the novel's fatalistic turmoil and picturesque descriptions.

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In a remote corner of early Victorian England, where traditional practices remain untouched by time, Bathsheba Everdene stands out as a beacon of feminine independence and self-reliance. However, when confronted with three suitors, among them the dashing Sergeant Troy, she shows a reckless capriciousness which threatens the stability of the whole community. Published in 1874, and an immediate best seller, Far From the Madding Crowd established Thomas Hardy as one of Britain's foremost novelists.

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©1997 NAXOS AudioBooks Ltd. (P)1997 NAXOS AudioBooks Ltd.
Classics Literary Fiction
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This recording is an extremely abridged version of Hardy’s masterpiece. There seems to no advance warning that this is the case, and, accordingly, I am looking to have my credit refunded.

The pity of it is that, at one stage, I knew the late Neville Jason slightly and I much admire his performances - but not this one.

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