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chasing careers

inviting them to explore a world where the impossible becomes possible

while simultaneously foreshadowing the themes and the psychologically nuanced characters that he would go on to develop in his later works

holy men and hucksters

Far From the Madding Crowd tobar chasing careersThomas 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,