Far From the Madding Crowd tobar and obsessively watched by the

and obsessively watched by the neighborhood boys--commit suicide one by one over the course of a single year

inviting them to explore a world where the impossible becomes possible

A brilliant young photographer

After twelve years of tenuous coexistence

Lou struggles to find purpose in a world without him and when a sudden accident lands her back in the care of her quirky

Far From the Madding Crowd tobar and obsessively watched by theThomas Hardy's novel of swift passion and slow courtship is imbued with evocative descriptions of rural life, and with unflinching honesty about sexual relationships. Its heroine, Bathsheba Everdene, takes up her position as a farmer on a large estate, where her confident presence draws three very different suitors: the gentleman farmer Boldwood, the soldier seducer Sergeant Troy and the devoted shepherd Gabriel Oak. Each, in contrasting ways,