Far from the Madding Crowd [1967 film]

by John Schlesinger (Director), Frederic Raphael (Screenwriter)

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Bathsheba Everdene is a willful, passionate girl who is never satisfied with anything less than a man's complete and helpless adoration. She captures the lives and loves of three very different men. Gabriel Oak is a sheep farmer who is captivated by her beauty and proposes marriage. William Boldwood is an older, prosperous man who had been a confirmed bachelor. Sergeant Frank Troy is a handsome, but reckless swordsman whose given to sudden fits of violence.

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Frederic Raphael has written twenty novels, as well as many story collections, biographies, screenplays, and translations from ancient Greek and Latin.

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Canonical title
Far from the Madding Crowd [1967 film]
Original title
Far from the Madding Crowd
Original publication date
1967-10-16
People/Characters
Bathsheba Everdene; Frank Troy; William Boldwood; Gabriel Oak
Important places
West Country, England, UK; England, UK
Important events
Victorian Era; 1860s; 19th century
Related movies
Far from the Madding Crowd (1967 | IMDb)

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791.43Arts & recreationRecreation, sports, and performing artsPublic performancesMotion pictures, radio, television, podcastingMotion pictures
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PN1997 .F37Language and LiteratureLiterature (General)Literature (General)DramaMotion picturesPlays, scenarios, etc.
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