Have you ever read a book that was never to be beautiful door still exciting in him a deep reflection? It's a bit the feeling that left me Far from the madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy novel with innumerable lengths. The novel gives us the impression of change in a disconnected world of the world world, a kind of universe in the margins of the universe, far from London and "crowd noise" as the title says. There, rural life is not encumbered trivialities of a distant and unknown landscape in perpetual evolution and charms us with its simplicity and authenticity. But in this almost magical universe where history turns in circles sometimes get bored more than a peasant in winter. It has potential, especially when Hardy attacks the relationships between the characters. Repartee, character and vanity Bathsheba which mixes moments of very deep feelings gives places dialogues and dynamic and touching scenes. To see it evolve in the worst sense of the term before questioning annoyed but proves how the character becomes important to us. And then there is righteousness and patience of a Gabriel who commands respect, the pathos of a bachelor we do not know if we should laugh or cry when the cowardice of a soldier seducer whose charm will turn against him and make him miss the love of his life. Hardy has at its disposal a strong cast of characters but sometimes clumsily introduced, I think Sergeant Troy that only comes too late in history. However it is a fact the story lack of pace, unnecessary lengths and chapters accumulate and novel structure is not to his advantage. It tackles in turn to the relationship between Bathsheba and one of the three protagonists and this piquant, the paths of the characters crossing too rarely. Important events are too scattered in the story and the reader will come to wake intermittently, leaving it later plunged into a doze encouraged by descriptions moment just cumbersome. Rest assured this is not the Balzac and even if reading and sometimes boring one comes after has still maintaining a feeling of envy throughout, if only because that s' attaches to this little Bathsheba and we want to open our eyes to see.
Open your eyes, an expression that sums up the book. Far from the madding crowd is almost a critique of romanticism to believe Hardy speaks more passion than love. Indeed Troy and Batsheba have any romantic hero but Troy is a deceiver and a talker and nothing less Batsheba a young girl hiding her naivete and romanticism in his strong character. Fate will bind and separate them when their passion is revealed in the limits of what it is: a superficial sense and doomed to disappear because it is only a distant concept of love. So to speak, Far from the madding crowd shows us one single thing: Bathsheba does not understand love. It confuses it with passion and adoration since firstly it succumbs to the charm of a soldier who vouerait almost worship him when he woos and secondly it sets its sights on the only man who do not watch it, proving once again that his vanity would be his worst enemy in his sentimental quest. And Batsheba evolves, takes the bottle as they say in the jargon, and back to Gabriel waiting patiently but without ever being pushed around. Love that there is between them is unique in the genre, too modern for that time and even today. The end is ambiguous because this love is precisely unambiguous as to not be confused with passion or admiration. It is devoid of vanity and frivolity, and is understood in a broad, even universal sense. Here it is qu'amitié and negation of this conclusion is much too deep and intelligent.
So yes Far from the madding crowd's worth despite its unbearable lengths, her mouth hole descriptions and lack of punch. Hardy is meticulous, he created the strong characters and weaves a story whose scope encourages reflection on the Romantic literature and love in general.
