He meets Bathsheba when she comes to the area to live with her aunt. At the beginning of the novel, Oak is a shepherd who lives very simply and saves for a better future. Our main characters are Gabriel Oak and Bathsheba Everdene. I remembered that back when I bitched to anyone who would listen about Jude the Obscure, a friend insisted that I should read Far From the Madding Crowd. I mean, clearly I’m the problem for not better appreciating this very boring, very depressing classic work of literature.)Īnyway, where were we? Recently I got it in my head that I should give Hardy another try. (Strangely, looking at my log, I still gave it a C, which either means I was a REALLY easy grader five years ago, or more likely I feel like an asshole giving bad grades to classic works. (“Done because we are too menny.” Shudder.) How does a book simultaneously manage to be both incredibly dull and astoundingly grim? I don’t know. If ever a book perfectly combined soul-crushing boredom with spirit-withering depression, it’s Jude. I ended up reading Jude the Obscure.īig mistake. I don’t remember the process of elimination that led me to my fateful choice I only remember thinking that I knew enough about Tess of D’Ubervilles to be fairly sure that it would piss me off. “Self,” I said to myself, “you’ve been trying all sorts of classic authors, you’ve tackled a few Russians. Once upon a time (more specifically, late 2010), my quest for self-improvement led me to Thomas Hardy. Jennie B+ Reviews 19th century England / classic fiction / love triangles / Rural 13 Comments OctoREVIEW: Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
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