Far From the Madding Crowd (Audiobook) - Thomas Hardy Язык: English

Аудиокнига: Far From the Madding Crowd
Автор: Thomas Hardy
Издательство: Chivers Audio Books
Озвучил: Nathaniel Parker
Год: 2011
Жанр: Literary Classic
Аудио MP3 48 KBit/s
Время прослушивания: 13:27:03
Размер: 279 МБ
Качество: Хорошее
Язык: English

Описание: Gabriel Oak is an up-and-coming shepherd in the prime of life at twenty-eight years of age. With the savings of a frugal life, he has leased and stocked a sheep-farm. He falls in love with a newcomer eight years his junior, Bathsheba Everdene, a proud and somewhat vain young beauty who arrives to live with her aunt, Mrs. Hurst. She comes to like him well enough, and even saves his life once, but when he makes her an unadorned offer of marriage, she refuses; she values her independence too much and him too little. Gabriel's blunt protestations only serve to drive her to haughtiness. After a few months, she moves to Weatherbury, a village some miles off. When next they meet, their circumstances have changed drastically. Independent and spirited Bathsheba Everdene is now a farmer on the largest estate in the area. Her bold presence draws three very different suitors: the gentleman-farmer Boldwood, soldier-seducer Sergeant Troy and the devoted shepherd Gabriel Oak. Each, in contrasting ways, unsettles her decisions and complicates her life, and tragedy ensues, threatening the stability of the whole community.