candiceccoppin

I hadn't read any Hardy for a very long time (in fact, the only other Hardy I read was Tess when i was in highschoool), so i thought i'd dust off Mara's copy of Far from the Madding Crowd. I'm fairly it was published as a serial at the time, and it has that kind of feel, where many of the chapters have suspenseful, cliff-hanger-ish endings. In any case, i really enjoyed it. It was difficult to see Bathsheba behaving so foolishly after she meets Sergeant Troy, who's a total loser. The free spirit and independence she shows at the beginning of the novel goes right down the toilette. In any case, the story has excellent pacing and the writing is vivid and enjoyable. What I learned from this book? Slow and steady wins the race.

2022-08-30 23:36