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Far from the Madding Crowd merimee Hoffmann is an important figureThomas 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,