Far from the Madding Crowd

A literary critic once described his reaction to reading one of Thomas Hardy's early novels in the following way: "No reader can imagine an ending more shatteringly tragic than the one provided when I came to that last page. I threw the volume across the room; I vowed I would never read another novel by Thomas Hardy; I went to bed and stayed there one week…Within a year, I had read every one of his books."

Published 1967.

Binding of book is intact. Cover is encased in plastic wrap. Some foxing and creasing on covers of book. Some tanning and foxing on edges of book. Spot of marker on top edge of book and stamp on bottom edge of book. Moderate foxing on insides of covers. Some foxing on certain pages.