![]() ![]() Additionally, Far From the Madding Crowd was Hardy's first real success in novel writing and was made famous through his evocative images of country life as well as being the first time in his literary works in which he introduced his Wessex. ( reference) Gray's idyllic-toned poem possesses vivid countryside imagery, not unlike that in Hardy's own poem "The Darkling Thrush" and supports the peaceful effect Hardy wished the title to allude to. ![]() Hardy admired the simple way of life of farm and country labourers, which can be seen in the character Gabriel Oak, who embodied this ideal of man's close connection with the natural world. This was partly a reaction of Hardy's on account of the birth of industrialisation around the time of writing, when the English countryside was a refuge from the noise and smog of the new industries. Far From the Madding Crowd largely takes place in the countryside, and the literal meaning of the title, a place far away from the crazed/wild crowd, evokes an atmosphere of calm and tranquillity. ![]()
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