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unusual facts about Far from the Madding Crowd


Gastric dilatation volvulus

A dramatic depiction of this condition in sheep, and its treatment by a shepherd using a cannulus, occurs in the classic novel Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy.


Allan Water

This version, popularised by C. E. Horn in his comic opera, Rich and Poor (1812), is sung by Bathsheba Everdene at the sheepshearing supper in Thomas Hardy's novel Far From The Madding Crowd (1874).

Paul Reade

Reade eventually turned to ballet; among the latter works he scored were Hobson's Choice in 1989 (choreographed by David Bintley from the eponymous play), and 1996's Far from the Madding Crowd (after the work by Thomas Hardy).

Sarah Tansey

She has also appeared in movies Far from the Madding Crowd and Beginner's Luck.


see also

A. Edward Newton

Highlights of the sale included the autograph manuscripts of Thomas Hardy's novel Far From the Madding Crowd and Charles Lamb's essay Dream Children. However, the fall in rare book prices steadily through the Great Depression meant that many sold lots brought only a fraction of prices they would have realized at the time of the Jerome Kern sale in 1929.