Thomas Hardy’s "Far from the madding crowd"


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samedi 22 août 2015
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Turner : Rain, Steam and Speed 1844

An interesting link between Turner’s painting and Hardy’s novel : nature vs industrialization and urban extension.

samedi 22 août 2015
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Bathsheba’s legacy

Here you can read an article from The Telegraph about Hardy’s heroin and her legacy : [1] Literature’s feistiest feminists : How Thomas Hardy paved the way for The Hunger Games’ Katniss Everdeen 20 Apr 2015 With a new film adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s (...)
jeudi 28 mai 2015
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The novel and the author

Find this article online here. The author : Thomas Hardy lived from June 2, 1840, to January 11, 1928. He grew up in Higherbockhampton, Dorset, the eldest son of a stonemason. He had one brother and two sisters. Sickly from an early age, he was educated at (...)
jeudi 28 mai 2015
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The 2015 film adaptation

Thomas Vinterberg’s adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s classic romance Far From the Madding Crowd stars Carey Mulligan as Bathsheba Everdene, a Victorian landowner who is torn between safeguarding her independence and following her heart. “Far From the Madding Crowd” is also about the capriciousness of (...)