Far From The Madding Crowd

Hardy struck the true vein of his talent in Far From The Madding Crowd. It is a story in which Hardy for the first time used the word “Wessex”, and wrote, not as the public expected him to write, but as his heart dictated. That is why he gave up the glittering world of cities and sophisticated people and turned to Wessex—with its simple men and women, its irresponsible yet simple rustics and their ribald jokes and irresponsible pranks